Internet Engineering Steering Group

The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is a body composed of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Chair and Area Directors:


 * Applications Area (app)
 * Internet Area (int)
 * Operations & Network Management Area (ops)
 * Routing Area (rtg)
 * Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area (rai)
 * Security Area (sec)
 * Transport Area (tsv)

and Liaison and Ex-officio Members:


 * Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Chair and Liaison
 * IETF Executive Director
 * Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) liaison and
 * Request for Comments (RFC) Editor liaison.

It provides the final technical review of Internet standards and is responsible for day-to-day management of the IETF. It receives appeals of the decisions of the working groups, and the IESG makes the decision to progress documents in the standards track.