RFC 4677: The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6722.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 9592 — Retiring the Tao of the IETF
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes the inner workings of IETF meetings and Working Groups, discusses organizations related to the IETF, and introduces the standards process. It is not a formal IETF process document but instead an informational overview. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC4677
- Published
- September 2006
- Authors
- P. Hoffman; S. Harris
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 50
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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