IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP).

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⚡ Technologies

We track 11 technologies owned or developed by Internet Engineering Task Force that are used across the web.

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1
TLS

A cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption of data transmitted over the Internet, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authentication between communicating systems.
2
HTTP 2+

An application-layer protocol used to transfer resources such as HTML documents, images, and other web content, forming the foundation of data communication in web browsers.
3
Cookies

Small pieces of data that a website sends to a visitor's web browser when they visit.
4
HSTS

The HTTP Strict Transport Security standard ensures that a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS.
5
♯ ETag

An identifier for a specific version of a resource that is used for cache validation.
6
QUIC

A multiplexed transport layer network protocol built on top of UDP, originally developed at Google.
7
Atom

An XML-based syndication format used for web feeds, similar to RSS.
8
OAuth

An open standard authorization protocol that allows applications to obtain limited access to user accounts without sharing passwords across web, mobile, and desktop environments.
9
WebSocket

A communication protocol that enables persistent, full-duplex data exchange between a client and a server over a single TCP connection.
10
JSON Web Token

An open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object.
11
FTP

A standard network protocol for transferring files between a server and a client.
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