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Internet standards
The IETF is the premier Internet standards organization It follows open and well
docurented crocesses for setting ihese standards Once publshed, those
standards are made ircely zvailable
Improving eristing stancards and crcating implerenting and deployingno standardsisan
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JETEs mission is to produce high quality reclcvant tcchnical documents that
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dovclopmentot IETF speciicetions and guidclincs
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