| 1035 | Domain names - implementation and specificationP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 1958 | Architectural Principles of the InternetB. Carpenter, Ed. | Informational | June 1996 |
| 1984 | IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the InternetIAB, IESG | Best Current Practice | August 1996 |
| 2026 | The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3S. Bradner | Best Current Practice | October 1996 |
| 2277 | IETF Policy on Character Sets and LanguagesH. Alvestrand | Best Current Practice | January 1998 |
| 3365 | Strong Security Requirements for Internet Engineering Task Force Standard ProtocolsJ. Schiller | Best Current Practice | August 2002 |
| 3552 | Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security ConsiderationsE. Rescorla, B. Korver | Best Current Practice | July 2003 |
| 3724 | The Rise of the Middle and the Future of End-to-End: Reflections on the Evolution of the Internet ArchitectureJ. Kempf, Ed., R. Austein, Ed., IAB | Informational | March 2004 |
| 3935 | A Mission Statement for the IETFH. Alvestrand | Best Current Practice | October 2004 |
| 4033 | DNS Security Introduction and RequirementsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 4101 | Writing Protocol ModelsE. Rescorla, IAB | Informational | June 2005 |
| 4949 | Internet Security Glossary, Version 2R. Shirey | Informational | August 2007 |
| 5321 | Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolJ. Klensin | Draft Standard | October 2008 |
| 5646 | Tags for Identifying LanguagesA. Phillips, Ed., M. Davis, Ed. | Best Current Practice | September 2009 |
| 6108 | Comcast's Web Notification System DesignC. Chung, A. Kasyanov, J. Livingood, N. Mody, B. Van Lieu | Historic | February 2011 |
| 6365 | Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETFP. Hoffman, J. Klensin | Best Current Practice | September 2011 |
| 6701 | Sanctions Available for Application to Violators of IETF IPR PolicyA. Farrel, P. Resnick | Informational | August 2012 |
| 6973 | Privacy Considerations for Internet ProtocolsA. Cooper, H. Tschofenig, B. Aboba, J. Peterson, J. Morris, M. Hansen, R. Smith | Informational | July 2013 |
| 7258 | Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackS. Farrell, H. Tschofenig | Best Current Practice | May 2014 |
| 7301 | Transport Layer Security (TLS) Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation ExtensionS. Friedl, A. Popov, A. Langley, E. Stephan | Proposed Standard | July 2014 |
| 7624 | Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem StatementR. Barnes, B. Schneier, C. Jennings, T. Hardie, B. Trammell, C. Huitema, D. Borkmann | Informational | August 2015 |
| 7725 | An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal ObstaclesT. Bray | Proposed Standard | February 2016 |
| 7754 | Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and FilteringR. Barnes, A. Cooper, O. Kolkman, D. Thaler, E. Nordmark | Informational | March 2016 |
| 7841 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesJ. Halpern, Ed., L. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed. | Informational | May 2016 |
| 7844 | Anonymity Profiles for DHCP ClientsC. Huitema, T. Mrugalski, S. Krishnan | Proposed Standard | May 2016 |
| 7858 | Specification for DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS)Z. Hu, L. Zhu, J. Heidemann, A. Mankin, D. Wessels, P. Hoffman | Proposed Standard | May 2016 |
| 8179 | Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyS. Bradner, J. Contreras | Best Current Practice | May 2017 |
| 8280 | Research into Human Rights Protocol ConsiderationsN. ten Oever, C. Cath | Informational | October 2017 |
| 8446 | The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3E. Rescorla · obsoleted by RFC 9846 | Proposed Standard | August 2018 |
| 8484 | DNS Queries over HTTPS (DoH)P. Hoffman, P. McManus | Proposed Standard | October 2018 |
| 8558 | Transport Protocol Path SignalsT. Hardie, Ed. | Informational | April 2019 |
| 8890 | The Internet is for End UsersM. Nottingham | Informational | August 2020 |
| 8980 | Report from the IAB Workshop on Design Expectations vs. Deployment Reality in Protocol DevelopmentJ. Arkko, T. Hardie | Informational | February 2021 |
| 8981 | Temporary Address Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6F. Gont, S. Krishnan, T. Narten, R. Draves | Proposed Standard | February 2021 |
| 9000 | QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure TransportJ. Iyengar, Ed., M. Thomson, Ed. | Proposed Standard | May 2021 |
| 9071 | RTP-Mixer Formatting of Multiparty Real-Time TextG. Hellström | Proposed Standard | July 2021 |
| 9293 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)W. Eddy, Ed. | Internet Standard | August 2022 |
| 9420 | The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) ProtocolR. Barnes, B. Beurdouche, R. Robert, J. Millican, E. Omara, K. Cohn-Gordon | Proposed Standard | July 2023 |
| 9505 | A Survey of Worldwide Censorship TechniquesJ. L. Hall, M. D. Aaron, A. Andersdotter, B. Jones, N. Feamster, M. Knodel | Informational | November 2023 |