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Internet Engineering Steering Group - Definition and Overview

The Internet Engineering Steering Group is a body composed of the Internet Engineering Task Force Chair and Area Directors:

  • Internet Area (int)
  • Operations & Management Area (ops)
  • Routing Area (rtg)
  • Security Area (sec)
  • Transport Area (tsv)
  • Temporary Sub-IP Area (sub) and so on.

and Liaison and Ex-officio Members:

  • IAB Chair and Liaison
  • IETF Executive Director, IANA liaison and
  • RFC Editor liaison.

It provides the final technical review of Internet standards and is responsible for day-to-day management of the IETF. It receives appeals of the decisions of the working groups and IESG to progress documents in the standards track.

Current IESG members

  • Applications Area (app)
    • Ted Hardie, Qualcomm
    • Scott Hollenbeck, VeriSign
  • Internet Area (int)
    • Thomas Narten, IBM
    • Margaret Wasserman, ThingMagic
  • Operations & Management Area (ops)
    • David Kessens, Nokia
    • Bert Wijnen, Lucent Technologies
  • Routing Area (rtg)
    • Bill Fenner, AT&T
    • Alex Zinin, Alcatel
  • Security Area (sec)
    • Steven Bellovin, AT&T Labs -- Research
    • Russ Housley, Vigil Security
  • Transport Area (tsv)
    • Allison Mankin, Bell Labs, Lucent
    • Jon Peterson, NeuStar
  • Temporary Sub-IP Area (sub)
    • Alex Zinin, Alcatel
    • Bert Wijnen, Lucent Technologies
  • Liaison and Ex-officio Members
    • Leslie Daigle, VeriSign - IAB Chair
    • Barbara Fuller, Foretec Seminars - IETF Executive Director
    • Michelle Cotton, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - IANA liaison
    • Joyce Reynolds, USC/ISI - RFC Editor liaison
    • Rob Austein, Grunchweather Associates - IAB Liaison

External link

http://www.ietf.org/iesg.html

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