• New features for RFC-Editor.org

  Several new features implemented on RFC-Editor.org aim to make the site more useful and engaging for RFC consumers.

  • Alexis Rossi RFC Series Consulting Editor

  30 Sep 2026

• IETF email infrastructure transition completed on 11 September

  A transition to a new modern, modular, and containerized infrastructure for email services provided for ietf.org, iab.org, irtf.org, rfc-editor.org (including email lists) was completed on 11 September 2026.

  • Dane Foster New Machine Futures Engineering Director

  11 Sep 2026

• Survey to gather input on ISE selection criteria

  The survey to gather input for Independent Series Editor (ISE) selection criteria survey is live and we welcome your input on the capabilities and expectations the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) should consider when selecting a future ISE.

  • Dhruv Dhody IAB Chair

  10 Sep 2026

• IETF 126 Highlights

  The IETF 126 meeting was held 18–24 July 2026 at the Hilton Vienna Park in Vienna, Austria, and online, hosted by Cisco. The week included the IETF Hackathon and Code Sprint, the New Participants' Program, five Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions, and more than 100 working group and research group sessions. The Applied Network Research Workshop also took place during the IETF 126 meeting week.

  1 Sep 2026

• Post-Quantum Authentication: Up Next

  Post-quantum key establishment has moved from standards into deployment. Post-quantum authentication has not moved nearly as far, and specification work is no longer the only constraint. The IAB is holding a workshop in Prague on 11 and 12 October 2026 to bring deployment experience together with the people working on the relevant protocols and standards.

  • Nick Sullivan IAB Member
  • Yaroslav Rosomakho IAB Member

  27 Aug 2026

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