Open records

The IETF operates in an open and transparent fashion and we publish open records of most of the contributions, submissions, statements, and communications that we receive.

Our open records are a mix of document-based data such as email messages or meeting minutes, structured data such as details of Working Groups, and raw data such as statistics on meeting attendance.

Our Privacy Statement explains our approach to transparency. For details of how our records are licensed, please see the IETF Trust website.

We regularly review the contents of these records and the mechanisms by which they are provided and as a result of that, may delete some records or cease mechanisms in the future.

Other sites with open records

In addition to this website, you can also access our open records on these other sites:

  • Datatracker. Through this tool you can find public data on all of our published documents (RFCs and Internet-Drafts); Working Groups, Directorates, Teams, and other groups; meetings and proceedings; IPR disclosures; liaison statements; and other information. You can also use the Datatracker API to access data programmatically.
  • Mail Archive. This site allows you to search the archives of all of our public mailing lists. It provides a unique and permanent URL for every email message received. The Mail Archive allows you to download archives of mailing lists.
  • RFC Editor website. This provides access to all RFCs in a variety of formats through a number of mechanisms.

Access to documents, records, and raw data

Access is provided through a variety of mechanisms, including some more suited for local processing or archival purposes. The following section provides details about what is available through which mechanisms. For items available via rsync, use rsync.ietf.org for the source.

NOTE: web directory indices are intentionally exposed and should not be reported as a security vulnerability.

Documents

Internet-Drafts (I-Ds)

Anyone may submit an I-D to the IETF repository. Unless they are adopted by an IETF working group, they have no official standing in the IETF.

The IETF Datatracker provides more detail about all I-Ds submitted to the IETF repository. 

RFCs

While not all RFCs are produced by the IETF, RFCs are the core output of the IETF. The RFC Editor website is the canonical source for all RFCs.

The IETF Datatracker is another source for information about RFCs.

Citations

BibXML service is the bibliographic database used by people who work on IETF standards.

Working Group (WG) Charters

Additional information about WGs are available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/GROUPNAME/about

Communications

Mailing list archives

The Mail Archive provides a unique and permanent URL for messages received by public email lists.

Mailing list archives can also be accessed using IMAP.

Chat archives

Members of IETF groups often use chat to communicate during and between meetings.

Liaison statements

Liaison statements are official communications between the IETF and other organizations.

Meetings

IETF Meeting proceedings (plenary meetings)

Every IETF Meeting has published proceedings, the form of which has changed over time. Proceedings for all meetings are linked from the Past meetings webpage.

IETF interim meeting recordings

Recent interim Working Group meeting

Non-working group meeting artifacts

These are slide decks and other documents aren't part of official IETF Meeting proceedings.

Birds-of-a-Feather requests

Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are initial discussions about a particular topic of interest to the IETF community.

Leadership groups

Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) artifacts

Internet Architecture Board (IESG) artifacts