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. 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] Membership
Members of the IESG include the director of each of the following areas:
- 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 and Services Area (tsv) - frequently also referred to as the "Transport Area"
Liaison and ex-officio members include:
- Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Chair and Liaison
- IETF Executive Director
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) liaison
- Request for Comments (RFC) Editor liaison
- IETF Chair (also IESG Chair and Area Director for the General Area)