RFC 8890 – The Internet is for End Users (2020)
Who else could they favour, and why should you care? As author of the RFC and a member of the IAB that passed it, here are my thoughts. How the Internet is made The IETF plays a central role in the design and operation of the Internet.
- ▪Who else could they favour, and why should you care?
- ▪As author of the RFC and a member of the IAB that passed it, here are my thoughts.
- ▪How the Internet is made The IETF plays a central role in the design and operation of the Internet.
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| Publication time | Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:07:53 +0000 |
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RFC 8890 - The Internet is for End Users Friday, 28 August 2020 Standards The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has published RFC8890, The Internet is for End Users, arguing that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) should ground its decisions in what’s good for people who use the Internet, and that it should take positive steps to achieve that. Why does this need to be said? Is it going too far? Who else could they favour, and why should you care? As author of the RFC and a member of the IAB that passed it, here are my thoughts. How the Internet is made The IETF plays a central role in the design and operation of the Internet.
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