Question

What is the process for standardizing an Internet protocol? Why is protocol standardization necessary?

Answer 1

The process of standardizing an internet protocol is performed by IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group) which is a team working under IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).

The basic steps to standardize any internet protocol are given below :

1. The protocol is submitted to IESG for consideration under the standardization process. At this stage it is refrred as proposed standard.

2. It undergoes the initial procedures and is presented as a standard protocol.

3. A series of reviews is done by the reviewing team and any change required is done before final standardization.

4. The protocol must operated successfully before as the team also studies the documentation regarding successful run. At this state it is refrred as draft standard.

5. After the above regress procedures the protocol is finally termed as standard internet protocol under TCP/IP suite. At this state it is referred as Final standard.

Need for standardization process :

1. Protocol Standardization ensures that the protocol is technically sound and in compliance with the Internet standards.

2. As internet services are used by wide variety of users one must ensures that any protocol that gets standardized meets the requirement of each and every user effectively.

3. Standardization process make sure that each and every protocol must provide a quality service to every user.

4. Any protocol going through standardization process must ensure that it is useful to the core architecture of the internet.

5. Another reason for standardization is uniformity of each and every protocol accoding to a basic set of rules.