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Getting Started in the IETF
Welcomel If you are a new participant in the IETF, this page is meant for you: It
gives a short introduction, some general advice to new participants, and a guide
to sources of further information:
Introduction
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Introduction
The IETF's mission is "to make the Internet work better;
but it is the Internet Engineering Task
Force, so this means: make the Internet work better from an engineering point of view: We try to
avoid policy and business questions, as much as possible. Most participants in the IETF are
enaineers with knowledae of networkina protocols and software. Manv of them know a lot about