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# IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

An open standards body that writes the technical rules of the internet, published as RFCs. Core domain technologies such as DNS, DNSSEC, EPP and RDAP are IETF standards. Anyone can take part in its working groups.

## related terms

- [DNS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/dns/)
- [EPP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/epp/)
- [RDAP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rdap/)
- [DNSSEC](https://tldlog.com/glossary/dnssec/)