Other (not Working Group) email lists
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 119all | Official communication about IETF 119 |
| 119attendees | Mailing list for IETF 119 attendees |
| 119-newparticipants | Mailing list for New Participants at IETF 119 |
| 3gv6 | This mailing list is intended for discussions relating to the use of IPv6 in cellular networks. |
| 6band | 6lo Bootstrapping, Access for Networked Devices |
| 6gip | IP Issues in 6th Generation Mobile Network System (6gip) |
| abnf-discuss | General discussion about tools, activities and capabilities involving the ABNF meta-language |
| admin-discuss | Discussion list for IETF LLC administrative issues |
| ai-control | AI Control |
| aidc | Data Center Networking for AI Clusters |
| alldispatch | Alldispatch |
| anrp-select | This is a private list used by the selection committee for the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP). |
| anrw-sc | ANRW workshop series steering committee |
| anrw-tpc | ANRW workshop series technical program committee |
| antitrust-policy | Discuss the need for an antitrust or competition policy for the IETF. |
| apn | Application-aware Networking |
| appsdir | Apps Area Review List |
| arc | Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) protocol |
| architecture-discuss | open discussion forum for long/wide-range architectural issues |
| ark | Archival Resource Key |
| art | Applications and Real-Time Area Discussion |
| atn | Aeronautical Telecommunications Network |
| auth48archive | Archiving AUTH48 exchanges between the RFC Production Center, the authors, and other related parties |
| bec | BEC - Beyond Edge Computing |
| bundled-domain-names | Discussion of "bundled domain names" |
| ccg | IANA IPR Community Coordination Group |
| cdni-footprint | CDNI Footprint and Capabilities Advertisement |
| cfbl | Discussions mailing list about Complaint Feedback Loop Address Header |
| channel-binding | IANA Expert Review: Discussion of channel binding IANA registry requests and specifications |
| codesprints | List for coordinating (and following up on) codesprint activities |
| codestand-develop | "Discussion forum for the planning, coordination, and development of CodeStand" |
| collation | IANA Expert Review: Collation registration and discussion (see RFC 4790) |
| companions | IETF Meeting Companions List |
| core-parameters | IANA Expert Review: Expert review of CoAP parameters. |
| crypto-panel | Crypto Review Panel review coordination |
| cwp | Certificates without PKIX |
| cwt-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: CWT Registry Review |
| dcpel | Mailing list for possible diffserv control plane elements WG |
| dcrouting | Routing in the Data Center: discussions about problems, requirements and potential solutions. |
| dcrup | DKIM Crypto Update |
| dd | DNS Delegation |
| deepspace | IP protocol stack in deep space |
| detnet-dp-dt | DetNet WG Data Plane Design Team (inactive) |
| detnet-edp-dt | DetNet WG Enhanced Data Plane Design Team |
| diem | Discussion of digital emblems |
| dir-coord | This is an e-mail alias for the organisers of IETF directorates. |
| diversity | Diversity open mailing list |
| dlnex | Discussion of reliable and deterministic latency attributes |
| dlt-networking | DLT Networking |
| dmarc-report | Archive of DMARC reports for ietf.org domain |
| dnsdir | DNS Directorate |
| dnslb | DNS-based Load Balancing |
| dns-rrtype-applications | IANA Expert Review: List to send new DNS RRtype template applications |
| dnssec-bootstrapping | Authenticated Bootstrapping of DNSSEC Delegations |
| dtn-interest | The Delay-Tolerant Networking Research Group (DTNRG) - Announce. |
| dyncast | Dynamic Anycast |
| e2ee | Discussion of the definition of end-to-end encryption. |
| ecn-in-quic | ECN in the QUIC protocol discussion list. |
| ehip | Discuss methods to protect email senders and receivers from disclosure of email headers to observers. |
| eligibility-discuss | IETF eligibility procedures |
| endymail | End-to-end email security/privacy improvements |
| enterprise | Discussions about enterprise networking specific scenarios and deployment problems |
| eodir | Education & Outreach Directorate |
| etosat | The EToSat list is a non-WG mailing list used to discuss performance implications of running encrypted transports such as QUIC over satellite. |
| experiment-guidance | This list exists for discussion of what guidance to give the authors of Internet-Drafts containing protocol specifications intended for publication as Experimental RFCs. |
| explicit-meas | This mailing list is intended for discussions relating to Explicit Flow Measurements Techniques. |
| fdt | Mailing list for the discussion of the use of formal description techniques in IETF documents |
| fecframe-proto | Fecframe protocol design team |
| feeds | Web Feeds |
| flexip | Flexible Internet addressing and Flexible routing |
| forces-protocol | forces-protocol |
| gdpr-response-team | GDPR Response Team |
| gen-art | GEN-ART: General Area Review Team |
| gen-art-private | Private GEN-ART list |
| github-admin | Administation of IETF GitHub repositories |
| hackathon | Discussion regarding past, present, and future IETF hackathons. |
| ham-ag | HAM Radio Operators Affiliate Group |
| happy | Discussion list for Happy Eyeballs v3 algorithm development |
| hiaps | Host Identification, Address and Prefix Sharing in Wi-Fi Access (hiaps) |
| hls-interest | Discussions about HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). |
| homesec-dt | 'Advanced' Home Gateway Security Design Team List |
| hotrfc | HotRFC Lightning Talk submission list |
| hp-wan | High Performance Wide Area Networks |
| i18ndir | Internationalization Directorate |
| iab | Internet Architecture Board (IAB) |
| iab-stream | Target for IAB Stream emails |
| iaoc-rps | Remote Participation Services Subcommittee mailing list |
| ibnemo | Discussion of Nemo, an intent-based North Bound (NB) interface consisting of an application protocol running over HTTP (RESTful interfaces) to exchange intent-based primitives between applications and meta-controllers controlling virtual network resources |
| icalendar | iCalendar |
| ice-issues | Announce-only list for activity on the ICE working group's issue list |
| id-align | Identity Alignment |
| i-d-announce | Internet Draft Announcements only |
| ideas | Discussions relating to the development, clarification, and implementation of control-plane infrastructures and functionalities in ID enabled networks. |
| ideas-discuss | Ideas-discuss |
| idna-update | Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) implementation and update discussions |
| idnet | The IDNet (Intelligence-Defined Network) |
| iesg-agenda-dist | Distribution of IESG agendas |
| ietf | IETF-Discussion. This is the most general IETF mailing list, intended for discussion of technical, procedural, operational, and other topics for which no dedicated mailing lists exist. |
| ietf119-team | |
| ietf-822 | Discussion of issues related to Internet Message Format [RFC 822, RFC 2822, RFC 5322] |
| ietf-and-github | Discussion of using GitHub in IETF activities, particularly for Working Groups |
| ietf-announce | IETF announcement list. No discussions. |
| ietf-community-india | List for IETF participants from India that is used to coordinate events internal to India. |
| ietf-cycling | Discussion list for finding good routes around IETF meeting venues for cycling, and for sharing cycling-related experiences with IETF participants |
| ietf-hub-boston | For IETFers in the Boston area. |
| ietf-languages | IANA Expert Review: Review of requests for language tag registration according to BCP 47 (RFC 4646) |
| ietf-mentoring-discuss | This mailing list is set up to discuss issues and suggestions related to the IETF mentoring program. It is open any one interested. |
| ietf-message-headers | Discussion list for header fields used in Internet messaging applications. |
| ietfmibs | IETF MIB Discussion list |
| ietf-nomcom | Discussions of possible revisions to the NomCom process |
| ietf-outcomes | IETF Outcomes Wiki discussion list |
| ietf-privacy | Internet Privacy Discussion List |
| ietf-rfps | IETF RFPs |
| ietf-runners | A list for IETF runners. |
| ietf-sailors | Discussion list to plan sailing events collocated with IETF meetings. |
| ietf-smtp | Discussion of issues related to Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) [RFC 821, RFC 2821, RFC 5321] |
| ietf-sow | SOW Feedback List |
| igmp-mld-bis | IGMPv3/MLDv2 |
| ima | EAI (Email Address Internationalization) |
| imap5 | Discussion on drastically slimming-down IMAP. |
| independent | Discussion of RFC Editor independent submissions proposal |
| int-area | IETF Internet Area WG Mailing List |
| int-dir | This list is for discussion between the members of the Internet Area directorate. |
| iot-directorate | Mailing list for the IoT Directorate Members |
| iot-onboarding | Discussion of IoT onboarding mechanisms |
| ipdir | Internet Area IP Directorate |
| ippm-ioam-ix-dt | IPPM iOAM Immediate Export (IX) design team |
| ipr-announce | For keeping updated on new IETF IPR disclosures |
| ipr-wg | IPR-WG |
| irsg | This is the IRSG private list. It consists of the IRTF Chair, the IAB Chair, IRTF Research Group Chairs, and IRSG At-Large members. |
| irtf-announce | IRTF-Announce |
| iucg | internet users contributing group |
| jose-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: The JSON Web Algorithm standard (RFC 7518) establishes this email list for designated experts to discuss proposed changes, additions, and removals to the set of algorithms in the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) registry |
| jwt-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: Expert review of proposed IANA registrations for JSON Web Token (JWT) claims. |
| l4s-discuss | Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) |
| last-call | IETF Last Calls |
| legal | To bring legal matters to the attention of the IETF |
| link-relations | Discussion of registration requests for link relation types |
| llc-board-ed-secretariat | LLC Board and support staff |
| llc-consultation | A list for IETF LLC community consultation |
| lln-futures | Low power/Lossy Networks Futures |
| loi-requests | Letters of Invite Requestors |
| lsd | Loosely-coupled SIP Devices (LSD) working group discussion list |
| lucid | Locale-free UniCode Identifiers (LUCID) |
| mailsec | Email Security Issues |
| mavs | Multiprovider End-to-end VPN Services |
| mcast-wifi | Discussions related to issues with multicast in 802.11 Wi-Fi networks & solutions/optimizations targeted at resolving these issues. |
| media-feature-tags | discussion of media feature tags |
| medup | Missing Elements for Decentralized and Usable Privacy |
| mentoring-coordinators | IETF Mentoring Coordinators |
| metaverse | Metaverse Discussion |
| mib-doctors | MIB Doctors list |
| middisc | Discussions on TCP option for middlebox discovery. |
| mif-arch-dt | MIF Architecture Design Team mailing list |
| mod-discuss | Discussion list for IETF moderation policies and practices |
| mpls-tp-manage | IETF and ITU-T management of the MPLS-TP project |
| mpvdapi | Multiple Provisioning Domain Architecture API design |
| msec | Multicast Security List |
| msr6 | Multicast Source Routing IPv6 |
| mtg-guests | For communication between the traveling companions (friends, family) of IETF meeting attendees. |
| mtgvenue | List for email discussion of the IETF meeting venue selection process. |
| mud | Discussion of Manufacturer Ussage Descriptions |
| multiformats | Discussion related to the various Multiformats data formats |
| nasr | Network Attestation for Secure Routing |
| neotec | Operations of Networks for Telecom Cloud |
| netconf-next-dt | NETCONF Next Design Team |
| nethistory | Matching net historical materials with institutions that may preserve them |
| netmod-ds-dt | Updated YANG Datastore Design Team Mailing list |
| netmod-ver-dt | NetMod WG YANG Model Versioning Design Team |
| netslices | This list is intended for discussion and review of network slicing at IETF. |
| network-tokens | Discussion list for network tokens |
| newsclips | IETF News Clips |
| new-wg-docs | New (-00) Working Group Documents |
| new-work | Early exchange of information about new work in SDOs |
| nfvcon | NFV (Network Function Virtualization) Configuration and Modeling |
| nipc | non-IP control |
| no-draft-expiry | No draft expiry |
| nsaas | *NSaaS: Network Security as a Service mailing list* |
| nsis-imp | List for implementation questions for NSIS protocols |
| ntdp | define standards for the purpose of scripting of network testing equipment |
| nvo3-dt-encap | Private mailing list for internal NVO3 Encapsulation Design Team discussions |
| oauth-ext-review | IANA Expert Review: Review of proposed IANA registrations for OAuth. |
| oauth-security-reports | Information about security vulnerabilities concerning the OAuth specifications and OAuth implementations |
| old-nomcom-chairs | Old NomCom Chairs |
| omcast | pre-BOF overlay multicast discussions |
| openpgp-dt | OpenPGP working group design team |
| openv6 | Openv6 discussion list |
| ops-area | OPS Area e-mail list |
| ops-dir | Ops Directorate |
| ops-nm | OPS Area NM e-mail list |
| p2psip | Peer-to-Peer SIP working group discussion list |
| pdap | Personal Digital Agent Protocol |
| pidloc | Issues Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AIML) networking |
| pilots-ag | IETF Pilots Affiliate Group |
| pm-dir | Performance Metrics Directorate Discussion list |
| pntaw | Discussion list for practices related to proxies, NATs, TURN, and WebRTC |
| pop3ext | Discussion of extensions and updates to Post Office Protocol (POP3) |
| ports-team-internal | Ports Team Internal Discussion |
| pq-dnssec | Discussion of post-quantum DNSSEC research |
| privacy-convey | A File Format to Aid in Consumer Privacy Enforcement, Research, and Tools |
| qlog | qlog logging format |
| qos_inband | Discussion of in-band methods for Quality-of-service signaling |
| quic-issues | Notification list for GitHub issues related to the QUIC WG |
| rdma-cc-interest | Congestion Control for Large Scale HPC/RDMA Data Centers |
| reap | REAP (RENEW) EAP |
| recentattendees | Recent IETF Attendees |
| recipe | RECIPE (Reducing Energy Consumption with Internet Protocols Exploration) |
| remote-mentors | List for IETF remote mentors. |
| restconf-next-dt | RESTCONF Next Design Team |
| rfc-dist | RFC Announcements |
| rfc-editor-rfi | RFC Editor RFI Discussion |
| rfc-interest | A list for discussion of the RFC series and RFC Editor functions. |
| rfc-markdown | rfc-markdown is a discussion list for people writing I-Ds and RFCs in Markdown and the authors of the tools used for that. |
| rfp-announce | Announcement of IETF RFPs |
| rohc | Robust Header Compression |
| roll-bier-dt | ROLL WG Design Team for bitstring addressing. See https://trac.ietf.org/trac/roll/wiki/roll-bier-dt |
| rosa | Routing on Service Addresses |
| routing-discussion | Routing Area General Discussion list |
| rpat | RFC Production Advisory Team - Provides operational advice to the RFC Production Center |
| rpp | This list discusses a provisioning protocol based on RESTful principles and corresponding data representations using JSON. |
| rsab | RFC Series Approval Board (RSAB) |
| rtg-bfd | RTG Area: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection DT |
| rtg-dir | Routing Area Directorate |
| rtg-dt-encap-considerations | Routing Area Design Team on Encapsulation Considerations discussion list |
| rtg-dt-yang-arch | Routing Area Yang Architecture Design Team |
| rtg-mibs | Routing MIB experts |
| rtg-ooam-dt | List is used by the Routing Area Overlay OAM Design team for internal coordination and discussion |
| rtg-open-source | Discussion and collaboration for Open Source efforts related to the Routing Area |
| rt-media-ng | Discussion of new architecture and protocol updates to Real-Time Media (Voice and Video) over IP |
| sat-int | Discussion of the IETF technologies for satellite networking for NTN integration for 5G and Beyond. |
| scsn | Scalable Clock Synchronization Network- Discussion of Scalable Clock Synchronization Network. |
| scuba-ag | IETF SCUBA Diving Affiliate Group |
| sdp-directorate-private | Private mailing list for administrative discussions of the members of the SDP directorate. |
| sdwan-sec | Handling IPsec configurations in large scale SD-WAN deployment with constrained resources |
| secdir | Security Area Directorate |
| secretariat-2012 | Discussion of the 2012 Secretariat SOW |
| shutup | SMTP Headers Unhealthy To User Privacy |
| sipapis | Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) discussion list. |
| skex | Symmetric Key Exchange |
| smart | Stopping Malware And Researching Threats |
| smartobjectdir | Smart Object Directorate |
| smartobject-interest | Discussion of Smart Objects |
| snmp-tlstm-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: SNMP TLSTM Registration Review |
| solace | "Smart Object Lifecycle Architecture for Constrained Environments" discussion list |
| sop | Service Orchestration and Desciption for Cloud Services |
| spkm | Low Infrastructure Public Key GSS mechanism |
| srcomp | Compressed SRv6 SID Design Team |
| ssh | The SSH mail list will allow discussions on improving aspects of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. |
| ssh-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: Secure Shell Registration Review |
| story-telling-ag | IETF Story-Telling |
| systers | List for organising BoFs and other events related to the participation of women in the IETF standards process. |
| tae | Transport Architecture Evolution |
| tao-discuss | Discussion of the Tao of the IETF |
| tcpprague | To coordinate implementation and standardisation of TCP Prague across platforms. TCP Prague will be an evolution of DCTCP designed to live alongside other TCP variants and derivatives. |
| tdd | Technology Deep Dives |
| teaching | List to discuss freely available college and university course materials that help educators teach Internet technology. |
| terminology | Effective Terminology in IETF Documents |
| tlp-interest | Discussion of proposed revisions to the Trust Legal Provisions |
| tls-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: TLS REVIEW |
| tools-discuss | IETF Tools Discussion |
| tools-help | Tools-help |
| training-wgchairs | WGChairs Training |
| transport-nbi-dt | Transport Network Controller Northbound Interface Design Team |
| travel-grants-commitee | IRTF Travel Grants Committee |
| tsv-art | Transport Area Review Team |
| tsv-triage | TSV Triage Team |
| tzdist-bis | Extensions to Time Zone Data Distribution Service |
| tzdist-service | IANA Expert Review: Discussion of Time Zone Distribution Service registration requests |
| uri-review | IANA Expert Review: Proposed URI Schemes |
| vmeet | IETF remote participation meeting services discussion |
| vpn4dc | Discussion of requirements and solutions for establishing end-to-end IP connectivity through tVPNs for data center and cloud services |
| wax | Web Attribute Exchange |
| webauthn-reg-review | IANA Expert Review: Registration requests should be sent to the mailing list described in [draft-hodges-webauthn-registries, Section 17]. |
| webfinger | Discussion of the Webfinger protocol proposal in the Applications Area |
| wellknown-uri-review | IANA Expert Review: Well-Known URI review list |
| wgguide | Discussion of IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures |
| witarea | Web and Internet Transport (WIT) Area |
| xml2rfc | XML2RFC discussion list |
| yang-doctors | Email list of the yang-doctors directorate |
| yang-multicast | YANG Multicast |
| yang-sid-logistics | Communication facilitating the logistics of handling YANG SIDs (RFC 9595) in IANA registration and RFC Production Center processes |