On 1 February 2017, the IAB posted a statement on OCSP stapling: IAB Statement on OCSP Stapling

The Internet Architecture Board (IAB), following discussions in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), advises its partner Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and organizations that the pool of unassigned IPv4 addresses has been exhausted, and as a result we are seeing an increase in both dual-stack (that is, both IPv4 and IPv6) and IPv6-only deployments, a […]

On 14 September 2016, the IAB posted a statement on the IANA Stewarship Transition: IAB Statement on the IANA Stewardship Transition

The IAB has published a statement on the trade in security technologies. Read the full statement here.

The IAB has published a statement on liaison compensation. Read the full statement here.

The IAB has just posted a statement on Identifiers and Unicode 7.0.0.  Please read it here: IAB Statement on Identifiers and Unicode 7.0.0

The IAB issued a statement on the NETmundial Initiative. Read the full statement here.

In 1996, the IAB and IESG recognized that the growth of the Internet depended on users having confidence that the network would protect their private information.  RFC 1984 documented this need.  Since that time, we have seen evidence that the capabilities and activities of attackers are greater and more pervasive than previously known.  The IAB […]

Leaders of the organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure (loosely referred to as “I* leaders”) met on 25 April in São Paulo, Brazil following the NETmundial meeting. During the 1-day I* leaders meeting, the group considered a range of issues where dialogue among Internet technical organizations is useful.

The leaders of the Internet technical organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet infrastructure (IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLD ROs, ICANN, ISOC, and W3C), welcome the US Government’s announcement of the suggested changes related to the IANA functions contract. Read the full statement here.