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IETF 116 Yokohama Live

Select sessions from the IETF 116 meeting held 25-31 March will be streamed live. Recordings of all sessions, including working groups, Birds of a Feather gatherings and the plenary, will be available shortly after they conclude.

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Upcoming events

  • Yokohama

    IETF 116 Yokohama

    IETF 116 starts Saturday 25 March and runs through Friday afternoon, 31 March.

    Yokohama, Japan
  • San Francisco panorama

    IETF 117 San Francisco

    IETF 117 starts Saturday 22 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 28 July.

    San Francisco
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What's new?

  • Messaging Layer Security: Secure and Usable End-to-End Encryption

    The IETF has approved publication of Messaging Layer Security (MLS), a new standard for end-to-end security that will make it easy for apps to provide the highest level of security to their users. End-to-end encryption is an increasingly important security feature in Internet applications. It keeps users’ information safe even if the cloud service they’re using has been breached.

    29 Mar 2023
  • Next steps towards a net zero IETF

    Built with input from the IETF community, we now have an initial approach and tools for calculating the IETF’s carbon footprint and a strategy for carbon offsetting. For 2023, we will implement this approach with data already available and seek to further improve it for future years.

    22 Mar 2023
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