Como Protocolos Inovadores são Criados e Adotados em Escala Mundial: Uma visão sobre o Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) e a Infraestrutura da Internet

The IETF is responsible for the standardization and development of Internet protocols and this is based on the voluntary participation ofprofessionals, academics, and resear- chers from around the world. Volunteers work together through email lists and in three face-to-face meetings yearly. This proposal considers the importance ofidentifying mul- tidisciplinary opportunities around the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in the process ofcreating or improving innovative standards on the Internet. We will discuss the organization of working groups, highlighting discussions ranging from protocols known as the Internet Protocol (IP) to research groups such as Things-to-Things (T2TRG) that discuss standards on the Internet ofThings (IoT). The opportunity to discuss theoretical/- practical challenges and manners of collaboration at the IETF opens up a vast prospect ofinclusion for the Brazilian community, as it becomes aware ofhow the IETF is consti- tuted and remains active, vigilant and prepared for the necessary changes for the smooth functioning of the Internet. The multidisciplinary, in the field of computing science that aggregates the volunteering of the IETF, is evident and needs the active help of people with diversified knowledge and in areas other than, necessarily, networks. In this way, this chapter covers since basic foundations on the Internet, the functioning of the IETF, the process ofdevelopment ofnew protocols, as well as the necessary tools and rules for writing an Internet-Draft (I-D).