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What is the IETF Interested In?
Internet protocols
- LAN-resident protocols generally aren't eligible.
- Layer 1 and 2 aren't eligible, except for their relationship to layer 3 and above.
Open standards
- Proprietary standards need not apply for IETF standardization.
- But sometimes a vendor will turn over change control to the IETF.