The IAB is chartered both as a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and as an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal, and the appointment of the RFC Editor. The IAB is also responsible for the management of the IETF protocol parameter registries.

Announcements

July 2010

• The IAB posted minutes from meetings held in March, April, May, and June., 29 July 2010.

• The IAB established a new liaison relationship with IEEE 802.23, and appointed Richard Barnes as the Liaison Manager., 7 July 2010.

• The IAB sent correspondence to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on DNSSEC deployment for the Root Zone., 1 July 2010.

June 2010

• The IAB received an appeal from JFC Morfin on the IESG response to IDNA 2008 publication, 7 June 2010.

March 2010

• The IAB posted minutes from meetings held in November, December, January, and February, 25 March 2010.

• The IAB sent correspondence to the United Nations on the topic of Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet (pdf format), 15 March 2010.

• The IAB announced the list of Accepted Nominations for the IETF appointment to the ISOC Board of Trustees (BoT), 9 March 2010.

February 2010

• The IAB announced the appointment of Glenn Kowack as the Transitional RFC Series Editor (RSE), 26 February 2010.

• The IAB published a statement on the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), 12 February 2010.

• The NOMCOM announced the following incoming IAB members: Andrei Robachevsky, Bernard Aboba, Hannes Tschofenig, Olaf Kolkman, Ross Callon, Spencer Dawkins. New members will be officially seated at the Anaheim IETF Meeting (IETF 77), 11 February 2010.

• The IAB announced the appointment of Nevil Brownlee as Independent Submissions Editor (ref: RFC 5620), and provided an update on the selection of a Transitional RFC Series Editor (T-RSE), 10 February 2010.

January 2010

• The IAB established a new liaison relationship with the ZigBee Alliance and confirmed JP Vasseur as the IETF liaison manager, 25 January 2010.

November 2009

• The IAB published minutes from numerous meetings held in September, October, and November, 12 November 2009.

• The IAB appointed Fred Baker as liaison to the U.S. Smart Grid initiative and IETF representative on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), 4 November 2009.

October 2009

• The IAB confirmed Thomas Narten for another year as the IETF liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors, 28 October 2009.

September 2009

• The IAB confirmed Henk Uijterwaal as the IETF-selected member on the 2010 ICANN NomCom, 11 September 2009.

August 2009

• The IAB sent comments on behalf of the IETF to The European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry liaison, on the EC's whitepaper "Modernising ICT Standardization in the EU - The Way Forward", 28 August 2009.

July 2009

• The IAB established a formal liaison relationship with the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), and confirmed Barry Leiba to act as the first liaison in this role, 30 July 2009
• The IAB publishes minutes from numerous business meetings held in April, May, June, and July, 30 July 2009
• The IAB sent liaison correspondence to ITU-T SG2 on the topic of ITU work on e164.arpa, 24 July 2009

June 2009

• The IAB publishes minutes from their March 2009 business meetings, 28 June 2009

• The IAB sent a response to the NOI on the expiration of the ICANN JPA, 8 June 2009

• The IAB published a Call for Nominations for the RFC Series Editor (RSE) and the Independent Submissions Editor (ISE), two roles in the new RFC Editor model, 8 June 2009

• The IAB sent a request to IANA for a plan to deploy DNSSEC for .ARPA, 2 June 2009