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Network Working Group                                      J. Bound, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4057                               Hewlett Packard
Category: Informational                                        June 2005


                   IPv6 Enterprise Network Scenarios

Status of This Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005).

Abstract

   This document describes the scenarios for IPv6 deployment within
   enterprise networks.  It defines a small set of basic enterprise
   scenarios and includes pertinent questions to allow enterprise
   administrators to further refine their deployment scenarios.
   Enterprise deployment requirements are discussed in terms of
   coexistence with IPv4 nodes, networks and applications, and in terms
   of basic network infrastructure requirements for IPv6 deployment.
   The scenarios and requirements described in this document will be the
   basis for further analysis to determine what coexistence techniques
   and mechanisms are needed for enterprise IPv6 deployment.  The
   results of that analysis will be published in a separate document.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction................................................... 2
   2.  Terminology.................................................... 3
   3.  Base Scenarios................................................. 4
       3.1.  Base Scenarios Defined................................... 4
       3.2.  Scenarios Network Infrastructure Components.............. 5
       3.3.  Specific Scenario Examples............................... 8
       3.4.  Applicability Statement..................................10
   4.  Network Infrastructure Component Requirements..................10
       4.1.  DNS......................................................11
       4.2.  Routing..................................................11
       4.3.  Configuration of Hosts...................................11
       4.4.  Security.................................................11
       4.5.  Applications.............................................12
       4.6.  Network Management.......................................12
       4.7.  Address Planning.........................................12



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       4.8.  Multicast................................................12
       4.9.  Multihoming..............................................12
   5.  Security Considerations........................................12
   6.  Normative References...........................................13
   Acknowledgements...................................................13

1.  Introduction

   This document describes the scenarios for IPv6 deployment within
   enterprise networks.  It defines a small set of basic enterprise
   scenarios and includes pertinent questions to allow enterprise
   administrators to further refine their deployment scenarios.
   Enterprise deployment requirements are discussed in terms of
   coexistence with IPv4 nodes, networks and applications, and in terms
   of basic network infrastructure requirements for IPv6 deployment.
   The scenarios and requirements described in this document will be the
   basis for further analysis to determine what coexistence techniques
   and mechanisms are needed for enterprise IPv6 deployment.  The
   results of that analysis will be published in a separate document.

   The audience for this document is the enterprise network team
   considering deployment of IPv6.  The document will be useful for
   enterprise teams that will have to determine the IPv6 transition
   strategy for their enterprise.  It is expected those teams include
   members from management, network operations, and engineering.  The
   scenarios presented provide an example set of cases the enterprise
   can use to build an IPv6 network scenario.

   To frame the discussion, this document will describe a set of
   scenarios each with a network infrastructure.  It is impossible to
   define every possible enterprise scenario that will apply to IPv6
   adoption and transition.

   Each enterprise will select the transition that best supports their
   business requirements.  Any attempt to define a default or one-size-
   fits-all transition scenario, simply will not work.  This document
   does not try to depict the drivers for adoption of IPv6 by an
   enterprise.

   While it is difficult to quantify all the scenarios for an enterprise
   network team to plan for IPv6, it is possible to depict a set of
   abstract scenarios that will assist with planning.  This document
   presents three base scenarios to be used as models by enterprises
   defining specific scenarios.

   The first scenario assumes the enterprise decides to deploy IPv6 in
   conjunction with IPv4.  The second scenario assumes the enterprise
   decides to deploy IPv6 because of a specific set of applications that



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   it wants to use over an IPv6 network.  The third scenario assumes an
   enterprise is building a new network or restructuring an existing
   network and decides to deploy IPv6 as the predominant protocol within
   the enterprise coexisting with IPv4.  This document then briefly
   reviews a set of network infrastructure components that must be
   analyzed, which are common to most enterprises.

   This document then provides three specific scenario examples using
   the network infrastructure components to depict the requirements.
   These are common enterprise deployment cases to depict the challenges
   for the enterprise to transition a network to IPv6.

   Next, supporting legacy functions on the network (while the
   transition is in process), and the network infrastructure components
   requiring analysis by the enterprise are discussed.  The
   interoperation with legacy functions within the enterprise will be
   required for all transition except possibly by a new network that
   will be IPv6 from inception.  The network infrastructure components
   will depict functions in their networks that require consideration
   for IPv6 deployment and transition.

   Using the scenarios, network infrastructure components, and examples
   in this document, an enterprise can define its specific scenario
   requirements.  Understanding the legacy functions and network
   infrastructure components required, the enterprise can determine the
   network operations required to deploy IPv6.  The tools and mechanisms
   to support IPv6 deployment operations will require enterprise
   analysis.  The analysis to determine the tools and mechanisms to
   support the scenarios will be presented in subsequent document(s).

2.  Terminology

   Enterprise Network - A network that has multiple internal links, one
                        or more router connections to one or more
                        Providers, and is actively managed by a network
                        operations entity.

   Provider           - An entity that provides services and
                        connectivity to the Internet or other private
                        external networks for the enterprise network.

   IPv6 Capable       - A node or network capable of supporting both
                        IPv6 and IPv4.

   IPv4 only          - A node or network capable of supporting only
                        IPv4.





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   IPv6 only          - A node or network capable of supporting only
                        IPv6.  This does not imply an IPv6 only stack in
                        this document.

3.  Base Scenarios

   Three base scenarios are defined to capture the essential abstraction
   set for the enterprise.  Each scenario has assumptions and
   requirements.  This is not an exhaustive set of scenarios, but a base
   set of general cases.

   Below we use the term network infrastructure to mean the software,
   network operations and configuration, and methods used to operate a
   network in an enterprise.

   For the base scenarios it is assumed that any IPv6 node is IPv6
   capable.

3.1.  Base Scenarios Defined

   Scenario 1:   Wide-scale/total dual-stack deployment of IPv4 and IPv6
                 capable hosts and network infrastructure.  Enterprise
                 with an existing IPv4 network wants to deploy IPv6 in
                 conjunction with their IPv4 network.

   Assumptions:  The IPv4 network infrastructure used has an equivalent
                 capability in IPv6.

   Requirements: Do not disrupt existing IPv4 network infrastructure
                 assumptions with IPv6.  IPv6 should be equivalent or
                 "better" than the network infrastructure in IPv4.
                 However, it is understood that IPv6 is not required to
                 solve current network infrastructure problems, not
                 solved by IPv4.  It may also not be feasible to deploy
                 IPv6 on all parts of the network immediately.

   Scenario 2:   Sparse IPv6 dual-stack deployment in IPv4 network
                 infrastructure.  Enterprise with an existing IPv4
                 network wants to deploy a set of particular IPv6
                 "applications" (application is voluntarily loosely
                 defined here, e.g., peer to peer).  The IPv6 deployment
                 is limited to the minimum required to operate this set
                 of applications.

   Assumptions:  IPv6 software/hardware components for the application
                 are available, and platforms for the application are
                 IPv6 capable.




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   Requirements: Do not disrupt IPv4 infrastructure.

   Scenario 3:   IPv6-only network infrastructure with some IPv4-capable
                 nodes/applications needing to communicate over the IPv6
                 infrastructure.  Enterprise deploying a new network or
                 restructuring an existing network, decides IPv6 is the
                 basis for most network communication.  Some IPv4
                 capable nodes/applications will need to communicate
                 over that infrastructure.

   Assumptions:  Required IPv6 network infrastructure is available, or
                 available over some defined timeline, supporting the
                 enterprise plan.

   Requirements: Interoperation and Coexistence with IPv4 network
                 infrastructure and applications are required for
                 communications.

3.2.  Scenarios Network Infrastructure Components

   This section defines the network infrastructure that exists for the
   above enterprise scenarios.  This is not an exhaustive list, but a
   base list that can be expanded by the enterprise for specific
   deployment scenarios.  The network infrastructure components are
   presented as functions that the enterprise must analyze as part of
   defining their specific scenario.  The analysis of these functions
   will identify actions that are required to deploy IPv6.

   Network Infrastructure Component 1
    Enterprise Provider Requirements
     - Is external connectivity required?
     - One site vs. multiple sites and are they within different
       geographies?
     - Leased lines or VPNs?
     - If multiple sites, how is the traffic exchanged securely?
     - How many global IPv4 addresses are available to the enterprise?
     - What is the IPv6 address assignment plan available from the
       provider?
     - What prefix delegation is required by the Enterprise?
     - Will the enterprise be multihomed?
     - What multihoming techniques are available from the provider?
     - Will clients within the enterprise be multihomed?
     - Does the provider offer any IPv6 services?
     - Which site-external IPv6 routing protocols are required?
     - Is there an external data center to the enterprise, such as
       servers located at the Provider?
     - Is IPv6 available using the same access links as IPv4, or
       different ones?



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   Network Infrastructure Component 2
    Enterprise Application Requirements
     - List of applications in use?
     - Which applications must be moved to support IPv6 first?
     - Can the application be upgraded to IPv6?
     - Will the application have to support both IPv4 and IPv6?
     - Do the enterprise platforms support both IPv4 and IPv6?
     - Do the applications have issues with NAT v4-v4 and NAT v4-v6?
     - Do the applications need globally routable IP addresses?
     - Do the applications care about dependency between IPv4 and IPv6
       addresses?
     - Are applications run only on the internal enterprise network?

   Network Infrastructure Component 3
    Enterprise IT Department Requirements
     - Who "owns"/"operates" the network: in house or outsourced?
     - Is working remotely (i.e., through VPNs) supported?
     - Are inter-site communications required?
     - Is network mobility used or required for IPv6?
     - What are the requirements of the IPv6 address plan?
     - Is there a detailed asset management database, including hosts,
       IP/MAC addresses, etc.?
     - What is the enterprise's approach to numbering geographically
       separate sites that have their own Service Providers?
     - What will be the internal IPv6 address assignment procedure?
     - What site internal IPv6 routing protocols are required?
     - What will be the IPv6 Network Management policy/procedure?
     - What will be the IPv6 QOS policy/procedure?
     - What will be the IPv6 Security policy/procedure?
     - What is the IPv6 training plan to educate the enterprise?
     - What network operations software will be impacted by IPv6?
       - DNS
       - Management (SNMP & ad-hoc tools)
       - Enterprise Network Servers Applications
       - Mail Servers
       - High Availability Software for Nodes
       - Directory Services
       - Are all these software functions upgradeable to IPv6?
       - If not upgradeable, then what are the workarounds?
       - Do any of the software functions store, display, or allow input
         of IP addresses?
       - Other services (e.g., NTP, etc.)









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     - What network hardware will be impacted by IPv6?
       - Routers/switches
       - Printers/Faxes
       - Firewalls
       - Intrusion Detection
       - Load balancers
       - VPN Points of Entry/Exit
       - Security Servers and Services
       - Network Interconnect for Platforms
       - Intelligent Network Interface Cards
       - Network Storage Devices
       - Are all these hardware functions upgradeable to IPv6?
       - If not, what are the workarounds?
       - Do any of the hardware functions store, display, or allow input
         of IP addresses?
     - Are the nodes moving within the enterprise network?
     - Are the nodes moving outside and inside the enterprise
       network?

   Network Infrastructure Component 4
    Enterprise Network Management System
     - Performance Management required?
     - Network Management applications required?
     - Configuration Management required?
     - Policy Management and Enforcement required?
     - Security Management required?
     - Management of Transition Tools and Mechanisms?
     - What new considerations does IPv6 create for Network Management?

   Network Infrastructure Component 5
    Enterprise Network Interoperation and Coexistence
     - What platforms are required to be IPv6 capable?
     - What network ingress and egress points to the site are required
       to be IPv6 capable?
     - What transition mechanisms are needed to support IPv6 network
       operations?
     - What policy/procedures are required to support the transition to
       IPv6?
     - What policy/procedures are required to support interoperation
       with legacy nodes and applications?











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3.3.  Specific Scenario Examples

   This section presents a set of base scenario examples and is not an
   exhaustive list of examples.  These examples were selected to provide
   further clarity for base scenarios within an enterprise of a less
   abstract nature.  The example networks may use the scenarios depicted
   in 3.1 and the infrastructure components in 3.2, but there are no
   direct implications specifically within these example networks.
   Section 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 should be used in unison for enterprise
   IPv6 deployment planning and analysis.

   Example Network A:

   A distributed network across a number of geographically
   separated campuses.

     - External network operation.
     - External connectivity required.
     - Multiple sites connected by leased lines.
     - Provider independent IPv4 addresses.
     - ISP does not offer IPv6 service.
     - Private Leased Lines no Service Provider used.

   Applications run by the enterprise:

     - Internal Web/Mail.
     - File servers.
     - Java applications.
     - Collaborative development tools.
     - Enterprise Resource applications.
     - Multimedia applications.
     - Financial Enterprise applications.
     - Data Warehousing applications.

   Internal network operation:

     - In house operation of the network.
     - DHCP (v4) is used for all desktops; servers use static address
       configuration.
     - The DHCP server that updates naming records for dynamic desktops
       uses dynamic DNS.
     - A web based tool is used to enter name to address mappings for
       statically addressed servers.
     - Network management is done using SNMP.
     - All routers and switches are upgradeable to IPv6.
     - Existing firewalls can be upgraded to support IPv6 rules.





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     - Load balancers do not support IPv6, upgrade path unclear.
     - Peer-2-Peer Application and Security supported.
     - IPv4 Private address space is used within the enterprise.

   Example Network B:

   A bank running a large network supporting online
   transaction processing (OLTP) across a distributed
   multi-sited network, with access to a central database
   on a remote network from the OLTP network.

     - External connectivity not required.
     - Multiple sites connected by VPN.
     - Multiple sites connected by Native IP protocol.
     - Private address space used with NAT.
     - Connections to private exchanges.

   Applications in the enterprise:

     - ATM transaction application.
     - ATM management application.
     - Financial Software and Database.
     - Part of the workforce is mobile and requires access to the
       enterprise from outside networks.

   Internal Network Operation:

     - Existing firewalls can be upgraded to support IPv6 rules.
     - Load balancers do not support IPv6, upgrade path unclear.
     - Identifying and managing each node's IP address.

   Example Network C:

   A Security Defense, Emergency, or other Mission Critical network
   operation:

     - External network required at secure specific points.
     - Network is its own Internet.
     - Network must be able to absorb ad-hoc creation of sub-networks.
     - Entire parts of the network are completely mobile.
     - All nodes on the network can be mobile (including routers).
     - Network high-availability is mandatory.
     - Network must be able to be managed from ad-hoc location.
     - All nodes must be able to be configured from stateless mode.







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   Applications run by the Enterprise:

     - Multimedia streaming of audio, video, and data for all nodes.
     - Data computation and analysis on stored and created data.
     - Transfer of data coordinate points to sensor devices.
     - Data and Intelligence gathering applications from all nodes.

   Internal Network Operations:

     - All packets must be secured end-2-end with encryption.
     - Intrusion Detection exists on all network entry points.
     - Network must be able to bolt on to the Internet to share
       bandwidth as required from Providers.
     - VPNs can be used, but NAT can never be used.
     - Nodes must be able to access IPv4 legacy applications over IPv6
       network.

3.4.  Applicability Statement

   The specific network scenarios selected are chosen to depict a base
   set of examples, and to support further analysis of enterprise
   networks.  This is not a complete set of network scenarios.  Though
   Example Network C is a verifiable use case, currently the scenario
   defines an early adopter of enterprise networks transitioning to IPv6
   as a predominant protocol strategy (i.e., IPv6 Routing, Applications,
   Security, and Operations), viewing IPv4 as legacy operations
   immediately in the transition strategy, and at this time may not be
   representative of many initial enterprise IPv6 deployments.  Each
   enterprise planning team will need to make that determination as IPv6
   deployment evolves.

4.  Network Infrastructure Component Requirements

   The enterprise will need to determine which network infrastructure
   components require enhancements or need to be added for deployment of
   IPv6.  This infrastructure will need to be analyzed and understood as
   a critical resource to manage.  The list in this section is not
   exhaustive, but contains the essential network infrastructure
   components for the enterprise to consider before beginning to define
   more fine-tuned requirements such as QOS, PKI, or Bandwidth
   requirements for IPv6.  The components are only identified here and
   their details will be discussed in the analysis document for
   enterprise scenarios.  References currently available for components
   are provided.







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4.1.  DNS

   DNS will now have to support both IPv4 and IPv6 DNS records and the
   enterprise will need to determine how the DNS is to be managed and
   accessed, and secured.  The range of DNS operational issues is beyond
   the scope of this document.  However, DNS resolution and transport
   solutions for both IP protocols are influenced by the chosen IPv6
   deployment scenario.  Users need to consider all current DNS IPv4
   operations and determine if those operations are supported for IPv6
   [DNSV6].

4.2.  Routing

   Interior and Exterior routing will be required to support both IPv4
   and IPv6 routing protocols, and the coexistence of IPv4 and IPv6 over
   the enterprise network.  The enterprise will need to define the IPv6
   routing topology, any ingress and egress points to provider networks,
   and transition mechanisms that they wish to use for IPv6 adoption.
   The enterprise will also need to determine what IPv6 transition
   mechanisms are supported by their upstream providers.

4.3.  Configuration of Hosts

   IPv6 introduces the concept of stateless autoconfiguration in
   addition to stateful autoconfiguration, for the configuration of
   hosts within the enterprise.  The enterprise will have to determine
   the best method of host configuration for its network, if it will use
   stateless or stateful autoconfiguration, and how autoconfiguration
   will operate for DNS updates.  It will also need to determine how
   prefix delegation will be done from their upstream provider and how
   those prefixes will be cascaded down to the enterprise IPv6 network.
   The policy for DNS or choice of autoconfiguration is out of scope for
   this document [CONF, DHCPF, DHCPL].

4.4.  Security

   Current existing mechanisms used for IPv4 to provide security need to
   be supported for IPv6 within the enterprise.  IPv6 should create no
   new security concerns for IPv4.  The entire security infrastructure
   currently used in the enterprise needs to be analyzed against IPv6
   deployment effect to determine what is supported in IPv6.  Users
   should review other current security IPv6 network infrastructure work
   in the IETF and within the industry.  Users will have to work with
   their platform and software providers to determine which IPv6
   security network infrastructure components are supported.  The
   security filters and firewall requirements for IPv6 need to be
   determined by the enterprise.  The policy choice of users for
   security is beyond the scope of this document.



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4.5.  Applications

   Existing applications will need to be ported or provide proxies to
   support both IPv4 and IPv6 [APPS].

4.6.  Network Management

   The addition of IPv6 network infrastructure components will need to
   be managed by the enterprise network operations center.  Users will
   need to work with their network management platform providers to
   determine what is supported for IPv6 while planning IPv6 adoption,
   and which tools are available to monitor the network.  Network
   management will not need to support both IPv4 and IPv6 and view nodes
   as dual stacks.

4.7.  Address Planning

   The address space within the enterprise will need to be defined and
   coordinated with the routing topology of the enterprise network.  It
   is also important to identify the pool of IPv4 address space
   available to the enterprise to assist with IPv6 transition methods.

4.8.  Multicast

   Enterprises utilizing IPv4 Multicast services will need to consider
   how these services may be implemented operationally in an IPv6-
   enabled environment.

4.9.  Multihoming

   At this time, current IPv6 allocation policies are mandating the
   allocation of IPv6 address space from the upstream provider.  If an
   enterprise is multihomed, the enterprise will have to determine how
   it wishes to support multihoming.  This also is an area of study
   within the IETF and work in progress.

5.  Security Considerations

   This document lists scenarios for the deployment of IPv6 in
   enterprise networks, and there are no security considerations
   associated with making such a list.

   There will be security considerations for the deployment of IPv6 in
   each of these scenarios, but they will be addressed in the document
   that includes the analysis of each scenario.






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6.  Normative References

   [DNSV6]  Durand, A., Ihren, J., and P. Savola, "Operational
            Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS", Work in Progress.

   [CONF]   Thomson, S. and T. Narten, "IPv6 Stateless Address
            Autoconfiguration", RFC 2462, December 1998.

   [DHCPF]  Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C., and
            M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
            (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003

   [DHCPL]  Nikander, P., Kempf, J., and E. Nordmark, "IPv6 Neighbor
            Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats", RFC 3756, May
            2004.

   [APPS]   Shin, M-K., Hong, Y-G., Hagino, J., Savola, P., and E.
            Castro, "Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition", RFC 4038,
            March 2005.

Acknowledgements

   The Authors would like to acknowledge contributions from the
   following: IETF v6ops Working Group, Alan Beard, Brian Carpenter,
   Alain Durand, Bob Hinden, and Pekka Savola.


























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Authors' Addresses

   Yanick Pouffary (Chair of Design Team)
   HP Competency Center
   950, Route des Colles, BP027,
   06901 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX
   FRANCE

   Phone: + 33492956285
   EMail: Yanick.pouffary@hp.com


   Jim Bound (Editor)
   Hewlett Packard
   110 Spitbrook Road
   Nashua, NH 03062
   USA

   Phone: (603) 884-0062
   EMail: jim.bound@hp.com


   Marc Blanchet
   Viagenie inc.
   2875 boul. Laurier, bur. 300
   Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1V 2M2
   Canada

   EMail: Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca


   Tony Hain
   Cisco Systems
   500 108th Ave. N.E. Suite 400
   Bellevue, WA 98004
   USA

   EMail: alh-ietf@tndh.net


   Paul Gilbert
   Cisco Systems
   1 Penn Plaza, 5th floor,
   NY, NY 10119
   USA

   Phone: (212) 714-4334
   EMail: pgilbert@cisco.com



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   Margaret Wasserman
   ThingMagic
   One Broadway
   Cambridge, MA 02142
   USA

   Phone: (617) 758-4177
   EMail: margaret@thingmagic.com


   Jason Goldschmidt
   Sun Microsystems
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   17 Network Circle
   Menlo Park, CA 94025
   USA

   Phone: (650) 786-3502
   Fax:   (650) 786-8250
   EMail: jason.goldschmidt@sun.com


   Aldrin Isaac
   Bloomberg L.P.
   499 Park Avenue
   New York, NY 10022
   USA

   Phone: (212) 940-1812
   EMail: aisaac@bloomberg.com


   Tim Chown
   School of Electronics and Computer Science
   University of Southampton
   Southampton SO17 1BJ
   United Kingdom

   EMail: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk












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   Jordi Palet Martinez
   Consulintel
   San Jose Artesano, 1
   Madrid, SPAIN

   Phone: +34 91 151 81 99
   Fax:   +34 91 151 81 98
   EMail: jordi.palet@consulintel.es


   Fred Templin
   Nokia
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   Mountain View, CA 94043
   USA

   Phone: (650) 625-2331
   EMail: ftemplin@iprg.nokia.com


   Roy Brabson
   IBM
   PO BOX 12195
   3039 Cornwallis Road
   Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
   USA

   Phone: (919) 254-7332
   EMail: rbrabson@us.ibm.com






















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