Active IETF working groups

Concluded WGs Historic charters

Applications Area (app)

app Area Director (AD)

app area-specific web pages

app active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
appsawg Barry Applications Area Working Group Murray Kucherawy, Alexey Melnikov
arcmedia Barry 'Archive' Top-Level Media Type dcrocker
calext Barry Calendaring Extensions Amanda Anganes, Donald Eastlake
core Barry Constrained RESTful Environments Carsten Bormann, Andrew McGregor
dbound Barry Domain Boundaries Murray Kucherawy, Pete Resnick
dmarc Barry Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance Tim Draegen, Ned Freed
eppext Barry Extensible Provisioning Protocol Extensions Jim Galvin, Antoin Verschuren
httpbis Barry Hypertext Transfer Protocol Mark Nottingham
hybi Barry BiDirectional or Server-Initiated HTTP Salvatore Loreto, Gabriel Montenegro
paws Barry Protocol to Access WS database Gabor Bajko, Brian Rosen
precis Barry Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings Marc Blanchet, Alexey Melnikov
scim Barry System for Cross-domain Identity Management Morteza Ansari, Leif Johansson
tzdist Barry Time Zone Data Distribution Service Eliot Lear, Daniel Migault
urnbis Barry Uniform Resource Names, Revised Andrew Newton, Melinda Shore
uta Stephen Using TLS in Applications Leif Johansson, Orit Levin (Assigned AD: Stephen Farrell)

General Area (gen)

gen Area Director (AD)

gen active WG

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
ianaplan Jari Planning for the IANA/NTIA Transition Marc Blanchet, Leslie Daigle

Internet Area (int)

int Area Directors (ADs)

int area-specific web page

int active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
6lo Brian IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes Samita Chakrabarti, Gabriel Montenegro
6man Brian IPv6 Maintenance Bob Hinden, Ole Troan
6tisch Brian IPv6 over the TSCH mode of IEEE 802.15.4e Pascal Thubert, Thomas Watteyne
dhc Brian Dynamic Host Configuration Tomek Mrugalski, Bernie Volz
dmm Brian Distributed Mobility Management Jouni Korhonen, Dapeng Liu
dnssd Terry Extensions for Scalable DNS Service Discovery Tim Chown, Ralph Droms
dprive Terry DNS PRIVate Exchange Warren Kumari, Tim Wicinski
hip Terry Host Identity Protocol Gonzalo Camarillo
homenet Terry Home Networking Ray Bellis, Mark Townsley
intarea Brian Internet Area Working Group Suresh Krishnan, Juan-Carlos Zúñiga
lwig Brian Light-Weight Implementation Guidance Zhen Cao, Robert Cragie
mif Terry Multiple Interfaces Hui Deng, Margaret Wasserman
mip4 Brian Mobility for IPv4 Henrik Levkowetz, Pete McCann
netext Brian Network-Based Mobility Extensions Rajeev Koodli, Basavaraj Patil
ntp Brian Network Time Protocol Karen O'Donoghue
pcp Brian Port Control Protocol Reinaldo Penno, Dave Thaler
savi Terry Source Address Validation Improvements Jean-Michel Combes
softwire Terry Softwires Yong Cui, Suresh Krishnan
sunset4 Terry Sunsetting IPv4 Marc Blanchet, Wesley George
tictoc Brian Timing over IP Connection and Transfer of Clock Karen O'Donoghue, Yaakov Stein

Operations and Management Area (ops)

ops Area Directors (ADs)

ops area-specific web pages

ops active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
anima Terry Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach Toerless Eckert, Sheng Jiang (Assigned AD: Terry Manderson)
bmwg Joel Benchmarking Methodology Sarah Banks, Al Morton
dime Kathleen Diameter Maintenance and Extensions Jouni Korhonen, Lionel Morand (Assigned AD: Kathleen Moriarty)
dnsop Joel Domain Name System Operations Tim Wicinski, Suzanne Woolf
eman Joel Energy Management Nevil Brownlee, Tom Nadeau
grow Joel Global Routing Operations Chris Morrow, Peter Schoenmaker
l3sm Benoit L3VPN Service Model Adrian Farrel, Qin Wu
lime Benoit Layer Independent OAM Management in the Multi-Layer Environment Ron Bonica, Carlos Pignataro
lmap Alissa Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance Dan Romascanu, Jason Weil (Assigned AD: Alissa Cooper)
mboned Joel MBONE Deployment Leonard Giuliano, Greg Shepherd
netconf Benoit Network Configuration Mehmet Ersue, Mahesh Jethanandani
netmod Benoit NETCONF Data Modeling Language Tom Nadeau, Jürgen Schönwälder
opsawg Joel Operations and Management Area Working Group Scott Bradner, Warren Kumari
opsec Joel Operational Security Capabilities for IP Network Infrastructure KK Chittimaneni, Gunter Van de Velde
radext Kathleen RADIUS EXTensions Lionel Morand, Stefan Winter (Assigned AD: Kathleen Moriarty)
v6ops Joel IPv6 Operations Fred Baker, Lee Howard
wpkops Joel Web PKI OPS Tim Moses, Jeremy Rowley

Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area (rai)

rai Area Directors (ADs)

rai area-specific web pages

rai active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
avtcore Ben Audio/Video Transport Core Maintenance Roni Even, Magnus Westerlund
avtext Ben Audio/Video Transport Extensions Keith Drage, Jonathan Lennox
bfcpbis Alissa Binary Floor Control Protocol Bis Keith Drage, Charles Eckel
clue Alissa ControLling mUltiple streams for tElepresence Daniel Burnett, Roni Even, Paul Kyzivat
codec Ben Internet Wideband Audio Codec Tim Terriberry, Mo Zanaty
dispatch Ben Dispatch Mary Barnes, Cullen Jennings
drinks Ben Data for Reachability of Inter/tra-NetworK SIP Alexander Mayrhofer
ecrit Alissa Emergency Context Resolution with Internet Technologies Marc Linsner, Roger Marshall
insipid Ben INtermediary-safe SIP session ID Keith Drage, Gonzalo Salgueiro
mmusic Ben Multiparty Multimedia Session Control Flemming Andreasen, Ari Keranen
p2psip Alissa Peer-to-Peer Session Initiation Protocol Carlos Bernardos, Brian Rosen
payload Ben Audio/Video Transport Payloads Ali Begen, Roni Even
rtcweb Alissa Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers Ted Hardie, Cullen Jennings, Sean Turner
sipcore Ben Session Initiation Protocol Core Jean Mahoney, Adam Roach
siprec Alissa SIP Recording Andrew Hutton, Brian Rosen
stir Alissa Secure Telephone Identity Revisited Russ Housley, Robert Sparks
stox Ben SIP-TO-XMPP Markus Isomaki, Yana Stamcheva
straw Ben Sip Traversal Required for Applications to Work Christer Holmberg, Victor Pascual
webpush Alissa Web-Based Push Notifications Joe Hildebrand, Shida Schubert
xmpp Ben Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Joe Hildebrand
xrblock Alissa Metric Blocks for use with RTCP's Extended Report Framework Dan Romascanu, Shida Schubert

Routing Area (rtg)

rtg Area Directors (ADs)

rtg area-specific web page

rtg active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
bess Alvaro BGP Enabled Services Thomas Morin, Martin Vigoureux
bfd Alvaro Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Nobo Akiya, Jeffrey Haas
bier Alia Bit Indexed Explicit Replication Tony Przygienda, Greg Shepherd
ccamp Deborah Common Control and Measurement Plane Daniele Ceccarelli, Fatai Zhang
i2rs Alia Interface to the Routing System Jeffrey Haas, Susan Hares
idr Alvaro Inter-Domain Routing Susan Hares, John Scudder
isis Alia IS-IS for IP Internets Hannes Gredler, Christian Hopps
l2tpext Deborah Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Extensions Ignacio Goyret, Carlos Pignataro
lisp Deborah Locator/ID Separation Protocol Joel Halpern, Luigi Iannone
manet Alvaro Mobile Ad-hoc Networks Justin Dean, Stan Ratliff
mpls Deborah Multiprotocol Label Switching Loa Andersson, Ross Callon, George Swallow
nvo3 Alia Network Virtualization Overlays Matthew Bocci, Benson Schliesser
ospf Alia Open Shortest Path First IGP Acee Lindem, Abhay Roy
pals Deborah Pseudowire And LDP-enabled Services Stewart Bryant, Andy Malis
pce Deborah Path Computation Element Julien Meuric, JP Vasseur
pim Alvaro Protocols for IP Multicast Mike McBride, Stig Venaas
roll Alvaro Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks Michael Richardson, Ines Robles
rtgwg Alia Routing Area Working Group Chris Bowers, Jeff Tantsura
sfc Alia Service Function Chaining Jim Guichard, Thomas Narten
sidr Alvaro Secure Inter-Domain Routing Chris Morrow, Sandra Murphy
spring Alvaro Source Packet Routing in Networking Bruno Decraene, John Scudder
teas Deborah Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signaling Vishnu Pavan Beeram, Lou Berger
trill Alia Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Susan Hares, Jon Hudson

Security Area (sec)

sec Area Directors (ADs)

sec area-specific web page

sec active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
abfab Stephen Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond web Leif Johansson, Klaas Wierenga
ace Kathleen Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments Kepeng Li, Hannes Tschofenig
dane Stephen DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities Ólafur Guðmundsson, Warren Kumari
dice Stephen DTLS In Constrained Environments Dorothy Gellert, Zach Shelby
httpauth Kathleen Hypertext Transfer Protocol Authentication Matt Lepinski, Yoav Nir
ipsecme Kathleen IP Security Maintenance and Extensions Paul Hoffman, Yaron Sheffer
jose Kathleen Javascript Object Signing and Encryption Karen O'Donoghue, Jim Schaad
kitten Stephen Common Authentication Technology Next Generation Benjamin Kaduk, Matthew Miller
mile Kathleen Managed Incident Lightweight Exchange Alexey Melnikov, Takeshi Takahashi
oauth Kathleen Web Authorization Protocol Derek Atkins, Hannes Tschofenig
sacm Kathleen Security Automation and Continuous Monitoring Adam Montville, Dan Romascanu
tls Stephen Transport Layer Security J. Salowey, Sean Turner
tokbind Stephen Token Binding John Bradley, Leif Johansson
trans Stephen Public Notary Transparency Melinda Shore, Paul Wouters

Transport Area (tsv)

tsv Area Directors (ADs)

tsv area-specific web pages

tsv active WGs

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
alto Spencer Application-Layer Traffic Optimization Vijay Gurbani, Enrico Marocco, Jan Seedorf
aqm Martin Active Queue Management and Packet Scheduling Wesley Eddy, Richard Scheffenegger
cdni Spencer Content Delivery Networks Interconnection Francois Le Faucheur, Daryl Malas
conex Martin Congestion Exposure Marcelo Bagnulo, Nandita Dukkipati
dtn Martin Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking Marc Blanchet, Brian Haberman
ippm Spencer IP Performance Metrics Bill Cerveny, Brian Trammell
mptcp Martin Multipath TCP Philip Eardley, Yoshifumi Nishida
nfsv4 Martin Network File System Version 4 Brian Pawlowski, Spencer Shepler
ppsp Martin Peer to Peer Streaming Protocol Yunfei Zhang, Ning Zong
rmcat Spencer RTP Media Congestion Avoidance Techniques Mirja Kuehlewind, Karen E. E. Nielsen
storm Martin STORage Maintenance David Black, Tom Talpey
taps Spencer Transport Services Aaron
tcpinc Martin TCP Increased Security Marcelo Bagnulo, Tero Kivinen
tcpm Martin TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Yoshifumi Nishida, Pasi Sarolahti, Michael Scharf
tram Spencer TURN Revised and Modernized Gonzalo Camarillo, Simon Perreault
tsvwg Spencer Transport Area Working Group David Black, Gorry Fairhurst
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