ITPEC FE Morning October 2020 Question 80
ITPEC FE Morning October 2020 — Question 80 of 80
Standards Organizations — identify which body publishes RFC documents for Internet standards.
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) is the organization responsible for developing and maintaining Internet standards. It publishes technical specifications as RFC (Request for Comments) documents, which define protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, and TLS.
Why not others:
- (a) ANSI — American National Standards Institute; handles US national standards (e.g., ASCII character encoding), not Internet protocol specifications
- (b) IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; develops standards for electronics and networking hardware (e.g., 802.11 Wi-Fi, 802.3 Ethernet), but does not publish RFCs
- (d) NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology; a US government agency focused on measurement standards, cybersecurity frameworks, and cryptographic guidelines, not RFCs
Key rule: RFC documents = IETF — if the question mentions RFC, the answer is always IETF.
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