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Internet Area (int)

Area Name Internet Area
Acronym int
State Active
Additional resources Internet Area Wiki
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Personnel Area Directors Éric Vyncke, Erik Kline

Group description

The primary technical topics covered by the Internet Area include IP layer (both IPv4 and IPv6), implications of IPv4 address depletion, co-existence between the IP versions, DNS, DHCP, host and router configuration, mobility, multihoming, identifier-locator separation, VPNs and pseudowires along with related MPLS issues, and various link layer technologies. The Internet Area is also responsible for specifying how IP will run over new link layer protocols.

Groups in INT

Group Name Type
Internet Area Directorate Directorate (with reviews)
Internet of Things Directorate Directorate (with reviews)
IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes WG
IPv6 Maintenance WG
Adaptive DNS Discovery WG
BPF/eBPF WG
Dynamic Host Configuration WG
Distributed Mobility Management WG
Extensions for Scalable DNS Service Discovery WG
DNS PRIVate Exchange WG
Drone Remote ID Protocol WG
Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking WG
Internet Area Working Group WG
MAC Address Device Identification for Network and Application Services WG
Network Time Protocols WG
Static Context Header Compression WG
Stub Network Auto Configuration for IPv6 WG
Timing over IP Connection and Transfer of Clock WG