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Applications and Real-Time Area (ART)

ART Area Directors (ADs)

ART active WGs (22)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Andy Newton Automatic SIP trunking And Peering Jean Mahoney, Gonzalo Salgueiro
Orie Steele A Semantic Definition Format for Data and Interactions of Things Lorenzo Corneo, Michael Richardson
Orie Steele Calendaring Extensions Bron Gondwana, Daniel Migault
Andy Newton Concise Binary Object Representation Maintenance and Extensions Christian Amsüss, Barry Leiba
Orie Steele Codec Encoding for LossLess Archiving and Realtime transmission Spencer Dawkins, Robert Sparks
Orie Steele Dispatch Jim Fenton, Shuping Peng
Andy Newton Domain Keys Identified Mail Murray Kucherawy, Pete Resnick
Andy Newton Emergency Context Resolution with Internet Technologies Brandon Abley, Randall Gellens
Andy Newton Revision of core Email specifications Todd Herr, Alexey Melnikov
Andy Newton JSON Mail Access Protocol Jim Fenton, Bron Gondwana
Andy Newton Mail Maintenance Murray Kucherawy, Kenneth Murchison
Andy Newton Media Type Maintenance Harald T. Alvestrand, A.J. Stein
Orie Steele More Instant Messaging Interoperability Alissa Cooper, Tim Geoghegan
Orie Steele Machine Learning for Audio Coding Greg Maxwell, Mo Zanaty
Orie Steele Registration Protocols Extensions James Galvin, Antoin Verschuren
Orie Steele RESTful Provisioning Protocol Gavin Brown, Marco Davids
Orie Steele Secure Asset Transfer Protocol Claire, Wes Hardaker
Andy Newton Session Initiation Protocol Core Paul Kyzivat, Brian Rosen
Andy Newton Structured Email Arnt Gulbrandsen, Alexey Melnikov
Orie Steele Secure Telephone Identity Revisited Ben Campbell, Russ Housley
Andy Newton Virtualized Conversations Brian Rosen, Chris Wendt
Orie Steele Workload Identity in Multi System Environments Pieter Kasselman, Justin Richer

General Area (GEN)

GEN Area Director (AD)

GEN active WGs (3)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Roman Danyliw General Area Dispatch Shuping Peng, Martin Vigoureux
Roman Danyliw Update to IANA Considerations Ted Hardie, Murray Kucherawy
Roman Danyliw MODeration PrOceDures Lisa M. Dusseault, Jon Peterson

Internet Area (INT)

INT Area Directors (ADs)

INT active WGs (17)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Éric Vyncke IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes Shwetha Bhandari, Carles Gomez
Erik Kline IPv6 Maintenance Bob Hinden, Jen Linkova
Éric Vyncke Adaptive DNS Discovery Glenn Deen, David C Lawrence
Erik Kline BPF/eBPF Suresh Krishnan, David Vernet
Éric Vyncke DNS Delegation Brian Haberman, Duane Wessels
Éric Vyncke Dynamic Host Configuration Bernie Volz, Timothy Winters
Erik Kline Distributed Mobility Management Sri Gundavelli, Satoru Matsushima
Éric Vyncke Extensions for Scalable DNS Service Discovery Chris Box, Florian Obser
Éric Vyncke DNS PRIVate Exchange Brian Haberman, Tim Wicinski
Éric Vyncke Drone Remote ID Protocol Murray Kucherawy, Daniel Migault
Erik Kline Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking Edward J. Birrane, Rick Taylor
Éric Vyncke Internet Area Working Group Wassim Haddad, Juan-Carlos Zúñiga
Éric Vyncke MAC Address Device Identification for Network and Application Services Carlos J. Bernardos, Juan-Carlos Zúñiga
Erik Kline Network Time Protocols Karen O'Donoghue, Dieter Sibold
Éric Vyncke Static Context Header Compression Alexander Pelov, Pascal Thubert
Éric Vyncke Stub Network Auto Configuration for IPv6 Darren Dukes, David Lou
Éric Vyncke Taking IP To Other Planets Padma Pillay-Esnault, Zaheduzzaman Sarker

Operations and Management Area (OPS)

OPS Area Directors (ADs)

OPS active WGs (17)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Mahesh Jethanandani Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach Toerless Eckert, Sheng Jiang
Mohamed Boucadair Benchmarking Methodology Sarah Banks, Giuseppe Fioccola
Mohamed Boucadair Domain Name System Operations Benno Overeinder, Ondřej Surý
Mahesh Jethanandani Getting Ready for Energy-Efficient Networking Diego Lopez, Robert Wilton
Mohamed Boucadair Global Routing Operations Paolo Lucente, Job Snijders
Mohamed Boucadair IOT Operations Henk Birkholz, Alexey Melnikov
Mohamed Boucadair IP Performance Measurement Thomas Graf, Marcus Ihlar
Mahesh Jethanandani Network Inventory YANG Daniele Ceccarelli, Qiufang Ma
Mohamed Boucadair MBONE Deployment Lenny Giuliano, Greg Shepherd
Éric Vyncke Media OPerationS Leslie Daigle, Kyle Rose (Assigned AD: Éric Vyncke)
Mahesh Jethanandani Network Configuration Per Andersson, Kent Watsen
Mahesh Jethanandani Network Modeling Lou Berger, Kent Watsen
Mahesh Jethanandani Network Management Operations Benoît Claise, Reshad Rahman
Mahesh Jethanandani Operations and Management Area Working Group Benoît Claise, Joe Clarke
Mohamed Boucadair SIDR Operations Russ Housley, Luigi Iannone
Jim Guichard SRv6 Operations Weiqiang Cheng, Dhruv Dhody, Daniel Voyer (Assigned AD: Jim Guichard)
Mohamed Boucadair IPv6 Operations Ron Bonica, Nick Buraglio, XiPeng Xiao

Routing Area (RTG)

RTG Area Directors (ADs)

RTG active WGs (22)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Gunter Van de Velde BGP Enabled ServiceS Matthew Bocci, Stephane Litkowski, Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang
Ketan Talaulikar Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Jeffrey Haas, Reshad Rahman
Gunter Van de Velde Bit Indexed Explicit Replication Tony Przygienda, Greg Shepherd
Jim Guichard Computing-Aware Traffic Steering Adrian Farrel, Peng Liu
Ketan Talaulikar Common Control and Measurement Plane Daniele Ceccarelli, Luis M. Contreras, Fatai Zhang
Ketan Talaulikar Deterministic Networking Lou Berger, János Farkas
Ketan Talaulikar Inter-Domain Routing Jeffrey Haas, Susan Hares, Keyur Patel
Jim Guichard Locator/ID Separation Protocol Luigi Iannone, Padma Pillay-Esnault
Gunter Van de Velde Link State Routing Christian Hopps, Acee Lindem, Yingzhen Qu
Ketan Talaulikar Link State Vector Routing Jie Dong, Acee Lindem
Jim Guichard Mobile Ad-hoc Networks Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, Don Fedyk, Ronald in 't Velt
Jim Guichard Multiprotocol Label Switching Adrian Farrel, Tony Li, Tarek Saad
Gunter Van de Velde Network Virtualization Overlays Sam Aldrin, Matthew Bocci
Ketan Talaulikar Path Computation Element Dhruv Dhody, Julien Meuric
Gunter Van de Velde Protocols for IP Multicast Mike McBride, Stig Venaas
Jim Guichard Routing In Fat Trees Jeff Tantsura, Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang
Ketan Talaulikar Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Ines Robles
Jim Guichard Routing Area Working Group Yingzhen Qu, Jeff Tantsura
Jim Guichard Source Address Validation in Intra-domain and Inter-domain Networks Joel M. Halpern, Aijun Wang
Jim Guichard Source Packet Routing in Networking Bruno Decraene, Joel M. Halpern, Alvaro Retana
Jim Guichard Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signaling Vishnu Pavan Beeram, Oscar Gonzalez de Dios
Gunter Van de Velde Time-Variant Routing Edward J. Birrane, Tony Li

Security Area (SEC)

SEC Area Directors (ADs)

SEC active WGs (31)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Paul Wouters Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments Tim Hollebeek, Loganaden Velvindron
Deb Cooley Automated Certificate Management Environment Yoav Nir, Tomofumi Okubo
Paul Wouters CBOR Object Signing and Encryption Michael B. Jones, Ivaylo Petrov
Paul Wouters DANE Authentication for Network Clients Everywhere Wes Hardaker, Joey Salazar
Deb Cooley Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers Erica Olsen, Sean Turner
Paul Wouters EAP Method Update Joseph A. Salowey, Peter E. Yee
Deb Cooley HPKE Publication, Kept Efficient Yaroslav Rosomakho, Martin Thomson
Deb Cooley IP Security Maintenance and Extensions Tero Kivinen, Yoav Nir
Deb Cooley Javascript Object Signing and Encryption John Bradley, John Preuß Mattsson, Karen O'Donoghue
Deb Cooley Key Transparency Prachi Jain, Shivan Kaul Sahib
Paul Wouters Common Authentication Technology Next Generation Benjamin Kaduk, Alexey Melnikov
Paul Wouters Lightweight Authenticated Key Exchange Renzo Navas, Mališa Vučinić
Deb Cooley Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME Tim Hollebeek, Russ Housley
Paul Wouters Messaging Layer Security Nick Sullivan, Sean Turner
Deb Cooley Web Authorization Protocol Rifaat Shekh-Yusef, Hannes Tschofenig
Mike Bishop Oblivious HTTP Application Intermediation Richard Barnes, Shivan Kaul Sahib (Assigned AD: Mike Bishop)
Paul Wouters Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy Stephen Farrell, Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Deb Cooley Privacy Preserving Measurement Benjamin M. Schwartz, Sam Weiler
Paul Wouters Post-Quantum Use In Protocols Sofia Celi, Paul E. Hoffman
Paul Wouters Privacy Pass Joseph A. Salowey, Benjamin M. Schwartz
Paul Wouters RADIUS EXTensions Margaret Cullen, Valery Smyslov
Deb Cooley Remote ATtestation ProcedureS Kathleen Moriarty, Ned Smith
Deb Cooley System for Cross-domain Identity Management Nancy Cam-Winget, Aaron Parecki
Deb Cooley Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency, and Trust Jon Geater, Christopher Inacio
Paul Wouters Security Dispatch Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Rifaat Shekh-Yusef
Paul Wouters Secure Patterns for Internet CrEdentials Heather Flanagan, Martin Thomson
Deb Cooley Secure Shell Maintenance Stephen Farrell, Job Snijders
Deb Cooley Software Updates for Internet of Things Jacqueline McCall, Akira Tsukamoto
Paul Wouters Trusted Execution Environment Provisioning Nancy Cam-Winget, Tirumaleswar Reddy.K
Paul Wouters Transport Layer Security Deirdre Connolly, Joseph A. Salowey, Sean Turner
Paul Wouters Using TLS in Applications Alan DeKok, Valery Smyslov

Web and Internet Transport (WIT)

WIT Area Directors (ADs)

WIT active WGs (17)

Group Responsible AD Name Chairs
Mike Bishop AI Preferences Suresh Krishnan, Mark Nottingham
Gorry Fairhurst Audio/Video Transport Core Maintenance Marius Kleidl, Jonathan Lennox
Gorry Fairhurst Congestion Control Working Group Reese Enghardt, Eric Kinnear
Gorry Fairhurst Content Delivery Networks Interconnection Chris Lemmons, Kevin J. Ma, Sanjay Mishra
Mike Bishop Constrained RESTful Environments Carsten Bormann, Jaime Jimenez, Marco Tiloca
Gorry Fairhurst Heuristics and Algorithms to Prioritize Protocol deploYment Tim Chown, Eric Kinnear
Mike Bishop Building Blocks for HTTP APIs Darrel Miller, Rich Salz
Mike Bishop HTTP Mark Nottingham, Tommy Pauly
Mike Bishop Multiplexed Application Substrate over QUIC Encryption Dennis Jackson, Eric Kinnear, Marten Seemann
Mike Bishop Media Over QUIC Martin Duke, Magnus Westerlund
Gorry Fairhurst Network File System Version 4 Christopher Inacio, Brian Pawlowski
Gorry Fairhurst QUIC Matt Joras, Lucas Pardue
Gorry Fairhurst Standard Communication with Network Elements Brian Trammell, Qin Wu
Gorry Fairhurst TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Yoshifumi Nishida, Michael Tüxen
Gorry Fairhurst Transport and Services Working Group Martin Duke, Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Mike Bishop WebTransport Nidhi Jaju, Lucas Pardue, David Schinazi
Mike Bishop WebRTC Ingest Signaling over HTTPS Nils Ohlmeier, Sean Turner