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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

P. Eardley
L. Eggert
M. Bagnulo
R. Winter

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INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6417

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Abstract

The development of new technology is driven by scientific research.The Internet, with its roots in the ARPANET and NSFNet, isno exception. Many of the fundamental, long-term improvements to thearchitecture, security, end-to-end protocols and management of theInternet originate in the related academic research communities.Even shorter-term, more commercially driven extensions are oftentimesderived from academic research. When interoperability is required,the IETF standardizes such new technology. Timely and relevantstandardization benefits from continuous input and review from theacademic research community.

For an individual researcher, it can however be quite puzzling how tobegin to most effectively participate in the IETF and arguably to amuch lesser degree, the IRTF. The interactions in the IETF aremuch different than those in academic conferences, and effectiveparticipation follows different rules. The goal of this document isto highlight such differences and provide a rough guideline that willhopefully enable researchers new to the IETF to become successfulcontributors more quickly. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.