Internet Engineering Steering Group
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The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is a body composed of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Chair and Area Directors:
- Applications Area (app)
- Internet Area (int)
- Operations & Network Management Area (ops)
- Routing Area (rtg)
- Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area (rai)
- Security Area (sec)
- Transport Area (tsv)
and Liaison and Ex-officio Members:
- Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Chair and Liaison
- IETF Executive Director
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) liaison and
- Request for Comments (RFC) Editor liaison.
It provides the final technical review of Internet standards and is responsible for day-to-day management of the IETF. It receives appeals of the decisions of the working groups, and the IESG makes the decision to progress documents in the standards track.
[edit] Current IESG members
- IETF Chair (also IESG Chair and Area Director for the General Area)
- Russ Housley, Vigil Security, LLC
- Applications Area (app)
- Lisa Dusseault, Messaging Architects
- Alexey Melnikov, Isode Limited
- Internet Area (int)
- Jari Arkko, Ericsson
- Ralph Droms, Cisco Systems
- Operations & Management Area (ops)
- Ronald Bonica, Juniper Networks
- Dan Romascanu, Avaya
- Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area (rai)
- Cullen Jennings, Cisco Systems
- Jon Peterson, NeuStar
- Routing Area (rtg)
- Ross Callon, Juniper Networks
- Adrian Farrel, Huawei
- Security Area (sec)
- Pasi Eronen, Nokia
- Tim Polk, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Liaison and Ex-officio Members
- Olaf Kolkman, NLnet Labs - IAB Chair
- Alexa Morris, Association Management Solutions, LLC (AMS) - IETF Executive Director
- Michelle Cotton, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - IANA liaison
- Dave Oran, Cisco - IAB liaison
- Sandy Ginoza, USC/ISI - RFC Editor liaison
