Website reputation report

ietf.org

Last checked 5 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

ietf.org is currently classified in the Technology category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include internet, standards, internet engineering.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

76/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure93 Website Security95 Security Hygiene65 Transparency48 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about ietf.org

Updated Sep 26, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on ietf.org. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.

  • IETF | AboutThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.
  • IETF | IntroductionThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), founded in 1986, is the premier standards development organization (SDO) for the…
  • IETF | Internet Engineering Steering GroupThe Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the Internet standards…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Mar 11, 1995. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Mar 12, 2031. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 17, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 76/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Latest recorded material change: Safety score updated from 41 to 67.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on ietf.org

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

IETF | Internet Engineering Task ForceThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes. IETF | AboutThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes. IETF | IntroductionThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), founded in 1986, is the premier standards development organization (SDO) for the Internet. IETF | Internet Engineering Steering GroupThe Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for technical management of IETF activities and the Internet standards process. IETF | Internet Architecture BoardThe Internet Architecture Board provides long-range technical direction for Internet standards, ensuring the Internet continues to grow and evolve as a platform for global communic IETF | Internet Research Task ForceThe Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term Research Groups working on topics related to IETF | Liaison relationshipsThe IETF has a limited number of liaison relationships with other organizations. Liaisons are appointed by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) when the IAB feels that conditions IETF | Nominating CommitteeThe Nominating Committee or, as it is typically known, the NomCom, exists to review open IESG, IAB and IAOC positions and to nominate a candidate for each. IETF | IETF TrustThe IETF Trust was created to acquire, hold, and maintain intellectual property and other property used in connection with Internet standards. IETF | Agentic AI communications: Identifying the standards we needWhen it comes to standards work around agentic AI, we’re at an exciting threshold. As more tools emerge, we’re seeing the amazing things it can accomplish. Now, we’re trying to fig

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on ietf.org

9 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

internetTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
standardsTitle, H1, Meta description7 sampled pages
internet engineeringTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
task forceTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
internet standardsMeta description5 sampled pages
internet architecture boardTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
engineering taskTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
openMeta description3 sampled pages
premierMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
93/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
65/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
48/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v1

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainietf.org
RegistrarCloudflare, Inc.
RegisteredMar 11, 1995
Domain age31 years
ExpiresMar 12, 2031
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited · server delete prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address104.16.44.99
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.ietf.org/
Endpoint104.16.44.99
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface12 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 security headers · 1 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size84,785 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resourcesUnavailable · Unavailable external hosts
Frames and sampled checksUnavailable frames · Unavailable resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Google Trust Services, commonName=WE1
Valid fromSep 18, 2026
Valid untilDec 17, 2026
Certificate namesidnits.ietf.org · ietf.org

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A104.16.44.99TTL —
A104.16.45.99TTL —
AAAA2606:4700::6810:2c63TTL —
AAAA2606:4700::6810:2d63TTL —
NSjill.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSken.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 mx.ietf.orgTTL —
TXTca3-5567e36d3f9947308ac2892e009840ccTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=mvpHmuqmM4wrWv5w3S1AAqssmhAITNo2QqPqVLrVWEoTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=NQpGlv9isd8O_RHzO31C0lOw1XKfQfFoVhZbmir6Lm4TTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:166.84.6.31 ip4:166.84.7.238 ip6:2602:f977:800:f7f6::/64 ip4:166.84.7.34 ip6:2602:f977:800::e276:63ff:fe66:3400 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.hostedrt.com ~allTTL —
TXTvs58md9pf8hu6knlglfda9lk6gTTL —

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

4 observed
cross-origin-opener-policypresent same-origin
referrer-policypresent same-origin
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent DENY

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Cloudflare 98%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis was not recorded for this scan.

About this website

What the site says about itself

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailliaison-coordination@iab.orgSource: https://www.ietf.org/about/liaisons/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleIETF | Internet Engineering Task Force
First headingWelcome to the IETF
DescriptionThe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.
Canonical URLhttps://www.ietf.org/
Final URLhttps://www.ietf.org/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/About page detectedhttps://www.ietf.org/about/
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.ietf.org/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

Premium monitoring

Catch downtime and security changes automatically

Regular checks, availability history, and alert emails are reserved for Premium websites. Free reports remain point-in-time scans and do not create recurring server work.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

Safety ScoreNo comparable score
HTTP statusUnavailable → 200
Final URL changedYes
Technologies addedcloudflare
Technologies removedNone observed

This comparison uses persisted scan evidence only. A changed signal can reflect a real website change, a different response or newly available evidence.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
quiet-vector-trace-242

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

Safety score updated from 41 to 67.

score changed

Website icon for ietf.org

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of ietf.org
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about ietf.org

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Is ietf.org safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 76/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on ietf.org?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was ietf.org registered?

The public registry record shows Mar 11, 1995. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did ietf.org have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does ietf.org describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.