| Number | Files | Title | Authors | Date | More Info | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFC 2418,BCP 25 | IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures | S. Bradner | September 1998 | ObsoletesRFC 1603, Updated byRFC 3934,RFC 7475,RFC 7776,RFC 8717,RFC 9141,Errata | Best Current Practice | |
| RFC 3934,BCP 25 | Updates to RFC 2418 Regarding the Management of IETF Mailing Lists | M. Wasserman | October 2004 | UpdatesRFC 2418,Errata | Best Current Practice | |
| RFC 7776,BCP 25 | IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures | P. Resnick, A. Farrel | March 2016 | UpdatesRFC 2418, Updated byRFC 8716 | Best Current Practice | |
| RFC 8716,BCP 25 | Update to the IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures for the Replacement of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) with the IETF Administration LLC | P. Resnick, A. Farrel | February 2020 | UpdatesRFC 7776 | Best Current Practice |
This document describes the guidelines and procedures for formation and operation of IETF working groups. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
This document is an update to RFC 2418 that gives WG chairs explicit responsibility for managing WG mailing lists. In particular, it gives WG chairs the authority to temporarily suspend the mailing list posting privileges of disruptive individuals. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
IETF Participants must not engage in harassment while at IETFmeetings, virtual meetings, or social events or while participatingin mailing lists. This document lays out procedures for managing andenforcing this policy.
This document updates RFC 2418 by defining new working groupguidelines and procedures. This document updates RFC 7437 byallowing the Ombudsteam to form a recall petition without furthersignatories.
The IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures are described in RFC 7776.
The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) has been replacedby the IETF Administration LLC, and the IETF Administrative Directorhas been replaced by the IETF LLC Executive Director. This documentupdates RFC 7776 to amend these terms.
RFC 7776 contained updates to RFC 7437. RFC 8713 has incorporatedthose updates, so this document also updates RFC 7776 to remove thoseupdates.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.