ID Message Exchange Format Working Group          Glenn Mansfield
INTERNET-DRAFT                                Cyber Solutions Inc.
draft-glenn-id-sensor-alert-mib-01.txt             Dipankar Gupta
                                          Hewlett Packard Company
                                                 November 20 2000



                  Intrusion Detection Sensor Alert MIB
                <draft-glenn-id-sensor-alert-mib-01.txt>

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   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.



Abstract

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
   In particular, it defines the contents of messages that will be used
   primarily by sensors to send alerts to managers when an intrusion
   related event is detetcted.






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Table of Contents

   1.  The SNMP Network Management Framework ......................... 3
   2.  The Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Model ................ 4
   3.  MIB Model for ID Message Exchanges ............................ 5
   4.  MIB design .................................................... 5
   5.  The Intrusion Detection Message MIB ........................... 6
   6.  Intellectual Property .........................................15
   7.  Acknowledgements ..............................................15
   8.  References ....................................................16
   Security Considerations ...........................................18
   Authors' Addresses ................................................19
   Full Copyright Statement ..........................................20






































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1.  The SNMP Management Framework

   The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
   components:

    o   An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [RFC2571].

    o   Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
        purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
        Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
        STD 16, RFC 1155 [RFC1155], STD 16, RFC 1212 [RFC1212] and RFC
        1215 [RFC1215]. The second version, called SMIv2, is described
        in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and RFC 2580
        [RFC2580].

    o   Message protocols for transferring management information. The
        first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC1157]. A second version of the
        SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
        protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [RFC1901]
        and RFC 1906 [RFC1906]. The third version of the message
        protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [RFC1906],
        RFC 2572 [RFC2572] and RFC 2574 [RFC2574].

    o   Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
        first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC1157]. A second set of
        protocol operations and associated PDU formats is described in
        RFC 1905 [RFC1905].

    o   A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573
        [RFC2573] and the view-based access control mechanism described
        in RFC 2575 [RFC2575].

   A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework
   can be found in RFC 2570 [RFC2570].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

   This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
   MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
   translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
   equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
   translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
   information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
   SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine



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   readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
   MIB.

2.  The Intrusion detection Message Exchange model.


       An Intrusion Detection system (Fig. 1) generally comprises an
       sensor which scans Data Sources for signs of intrusions. When
       it detects a sign or a signature the sensor sends a Message
       or Alert to the Manager(s). Managers in turn may exchange
   Messages
       or Alerts for cooperative or collaborative purposes. (A different
       MIB will be used for that purpose.)



                     ID Message Exchange Model
                     =========================


       +------------+------------+           +----------------+
       |            |            |           |                |
       |            |            |Message    |                |
       | DataSource |  Sensor    |---------->|   Manager      |
       |            |            |Alert      |                |
       |            |            |           |                |
       +------------+------------+           +----------------+

                                Fig. 1






















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   3.  MIB Model for ID Message Exchanges.


   In Intrusion detection and management, the communication between the
   different components of the system will essentially be event based.
   Sensors will be assigned the tasks of watching some data-sources and
   looking out for signs of (attempted) intrusions or attacks. In case
   any such sign is detected it is brought to the notice of the Manager.
   The Manager will then take the appropriate action which may involve
   relaying the notification and/or carrying out further investigation
   by talking to peers, higher level managers and/or the entity that
   originated the notification.

   This note relates to the alert from the sensor to the manager. The
   alert describes the intrusion in terms of a set of managed objects
   [MOs] and their values. The managed objects are defined in a MIB
   [Management Information Base] - the Intrusion Detection Sensor Alert
   MIB.  A primary design constraint that needs to be met by the
   Intrusion MIB is that sensors are lightweight. They are not expected
   to do any involved processing and or archiving of events and/or data.
   Some of the managed objects are required to describe the sensor
   itself. Others are required to describe the intrusion.



4.  MIB design.

The basic design principle has been to keep the MIB as simple as
possible.  The generic requirements are
       o Alerts  should contain the minimum information required
         by the manager to assess the situation correctly and to take
         appropriate defensive or investigative steps.
       o Alerts, if carried in UDP datagrams, should not be
         too large as to require IP fragmentation. [If SNMP is used as
         as the application protocol, some managers may not accept
   SNMP-PDUs
         that are larger than 484 bytes.]


      The MIB comprises of two parts, the idsaSensorObjects and
      idsaAlerts described below.
      - The idsaSensorObjects subtree defines the objects that describe
      the
        sensor itself - The idsaAlerts subtree defines the objects that
      describe the alerts
        It is a table the size of which is decided by implementations.





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   5.  The Intrusion Detection Sensor Alert MIB.


   INTRUSION-DETECTION-SENSOR-ALERT-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

    IMPORTS
      MODULE-IDENTITY,  Counter32, Gauge32, OBJECT-TYPE,
      OBJECT-IDENTITY,  mib-2      FROM SNMPv2-SMI
      DateAndTime, TimeStamp
                 FROM SNMPv2-TC
      MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP
                 FROM SNMPv2-CONF
      SnmpEngineID, SnmpAdminString
                 FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
      InetAddressType, InetAddress
                 FROM INET-ADDRESS-MIB
      URLString
                 FROM NETWORK-SERVICES-MIB;

   idsaMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
       LAST-UPDATED "200011160000Z"        --  16th November 2000
       ORGANIZATION "IETF Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Format
                     Working Group"
       CONTACT-INFO
      "                      Glenn Mansfield
                     Postal: Cyber Solutions Inc.
                             6-6-3, Minami Yoshinari
                             Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan 989-3204.

                        Tel: +81-22-303-4012
                        Fax: +81-22-303-4015
                     E-mail: glenn@cysols.com

                             Dipankar Gupta
                     Postal: Hewlett Packard Company
                             690 East Middlefield Road, MS 31R
                             Mountain View California 94043.

                        Tel: +1-650-919-8066
                        Fax: +1-650-919-8540
                     E-mail: dipankar_gupta@hp.com

       Working Group E-mail: idwg-public@zurich.ibm.com
               To subscribe: idwg-public-request@zurich.ibm.com"

       DESCRIPTION
               " The MIB for Intrusion Detection Messages."




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            ::= { mib-2 xxx }     -- to be assigned by IANA

    idsaSensorObjects OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " This is the base object for the objects used in the
            notifications."
        ::= {idsaMIB 1}

    idsaSensorID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          " An identifier to uniquely identify the Analyzer
            in the domain."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 1 }

    idsaSensorDescription OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          " A short description of the Sensor."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 2 }

    idsaSensorProductID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          "A reference to MIB definitions specific to the
           analyzer generating the message.  If this information
           is not present, its value should be set to the OBJECT
           IDENTIFIER { 0 0 }, which is a syntatically valid
           object identifier."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 3 }

    idsaSensorAddressType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddressType
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The type of the address which follows."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 4}

    idsaSensorAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddress



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        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The Internet address of the sensor."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 5}

    idsaSensorManufacturer   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " the Manufacturer of the sensor that detected the event."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 6}

    idsaSensorProductName   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " the name of the product that detected the event."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 7}

    idsaSensorVersion   OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " the version number of the sensor that detected the event."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 8}


    idsaSensorLocation OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " the location of the tool that detected the event."
        ::= { idsaSensorObjects 9}


    idsaAlerts OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " This is the base object for the subtree of objects defining
            the alerts."
        ::= {idsaMIB 2}

   --  idsaAlertTable: The Table of Alerts. Each row represents an Alert.



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   --  idsaAlertID is the key to the table. The size of this table will be
   --  implementation dependent - some implementors may choose to keep
   --  a maximum of one messages in this table.

    idsaAlertTable OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF IdsaAlertEntry
        MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          " Each row of this table contains information
            about an alert indexed by idsaAlertID."
        ::= { idsaAlerts 1 }

    idsaAlertEntry OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  IdsaAlertEntry
        MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          " Entry containing information pertaining to
            an alert."
        INDEX { idsaAlertID}
        ::= { idsaAlertTable 1 }

    IdsaAlertEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
       idsaAlertID
                 INTEGER,
       idsaAlertLocalAddressType
                 InetAddressType,
       idsaAlertLocalAddress
                 InetAddress,
       idsaAlertInterfaceIndex
                 INTEGER,
       idsaAlertTimeStamp
                 DateAndTime,
       idsaAlertActionsTaken
                 INTEGER,
       idsaAlertAttackName
                 SnmpAdminString,
       idsaAlertMoreInfo
                 URLString,
       idsaAlertSrcAddressType
                 InetAddressType,
       idsaAlertSrcAddress
                 InetAddress,
       idsaAlertDstAddressType
                  InetAddressType,
       idsaAlertDstAddress
                  InetAddress,



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       idsaAlertSrcPort
                  INTEGER,
       idsaAlertDstPort
                  INTEGER
       }


    idsaAlertID OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX INTEGER (1..65535)
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The AlertID uniquely identifies each alert generated
            by the sensor."
        ::= {idsaAlertEntry 1}

    idsaAlertLocalAddressType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddressType
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The type of the address which follows."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 2}

    idsaAlertLocalAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddress
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The Internet address associated with the alert ."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 3}

    idsaAlertInterfaceIndex OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX INTEGER (1..65535)
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The ifIndex of the interface on which the event was
            detected  by the sensor."
        ::= {idsaAlertEntry 4}

    idsaAlertTimeStamp OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX DateAndTime
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The local date and time when this alert was generated."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 5}



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    -- the actions will probably be a comma separated list of action
    -- codes or a pointer to another MIB table from which the actions
    -- may be fetched.
    --
    idsaAlertActionsTaken OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The list of automatic actions taken by the sensor"
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 6}

    -- SnmpAdminString length is 255 characters max. It contains
    -- information represented using the ISO/IEC IS 10646-1 character
    -- set, encoded using the UTF-8 transformation format to facilitate
    -- internationalization.

    idsaAlertAttackName OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX SnmpAdminString
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " the name of the atack, if known. If not known this field will
                  be inaccessile."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 7}

    idsaAlertMoreInfo OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX  OBJECT IDENTIFIER
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
          "A reference to MIB definitions specific to this
          message.  If this information is not
          present, its value should be set to the OBJECT
          IDENTIFIER { 0 0 }, which is a syntatically valid
          object identifier."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 8}

    idsaAlertSrcAddressType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddressType
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The type of the Internet address that was the attack source."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 9}

    idsaAlertSrcAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddress



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        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The Internet addresses of the entity from which the attack
            originated, if known. "
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 10}

    idsaAlertDstAddressType OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddressType
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The type of the Internet address that was the attack target."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 11}

    idsaAlertDstAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX InetAddress
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The Internet address of the entity to which the attack
            was destined, if known."
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 12}

    idsaAlertSrcPort OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX INTEGER
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The port number from where the attack has originated "
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 13}

    idsaAlertDstPort OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX INTEGER
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
          " The port number to which the attack is destined "
        ::= { idsaAlertEntry 14}












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    -- Conformance information

    idsaConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {idsaMIB 3 }

    idsaGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { idsaConformance 1 }
    idsaCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { idsaConformance 2 }

    -- Compliance statements

    idsaAlertCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The compliance statement for SNMP entities
                 which implement the
                            INTRUSION-DETECTION-SENSOR-ALERT-MIB."

        MODULE  -- this module
            MANDATORY-GROUPS { idsaAlertGroup }

        ::= { idsaCompliances 1 }































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    -- Units of conformance

    idsaAlertGroup    OBJECT-GROUP
        OBJECTS {
                    idsaSensorID,
                    idsaSensorDescription,
                    idsaSensorProductID,
                    idsaSensorAddressType,
                    idsaSensorAddress,
                    idsaSensorManufacturer,
                    idsaSensorProductName,
                    idsaSensorVersion,
                    idsaSensorLocation,
                    idsaAlertID,
                    idsaAlertLocalAddressType,
                    idsaAlertLocalAddress,
                    idsaAlertInterfaceIndex,
                    idsaAlertTimeStamp,
                    idsaAlertActionsTaken,
                    idsaAlertAttackName,
                    idsaAlertMoreInfo,
                    idsaAlertSrcAddressType,
                    idsaAlertSrcAddress,
                    idsaAlertDstAddressType,
                    idsaAlertDstAddress,
                    idsaAlertSrcPort,
                    idsaAlertDstPort

       }
        STATUS  current
        DESCRIPTION
                " A collection of objects for generation and despatch of
                  alerts pertaining to intrusions detected."
        ::= { idsaGroups 1 }

   END















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6.  Intellectual Property

   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
   intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
   might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
   has made any effort to identify any such rights.  Information on the
   IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
   standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11.  Copies of
   claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
   licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
   obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
   proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
   be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.

   The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
   copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
   rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
   this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF Executive
   Director.

7.  Acknowledgements

This draft is the product of discussions and deliberations carried out
in the IETF intrusion detection message exchange format working group
(ietf-idwg-wg).
























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References


[RFC2571]   Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture
            for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, April
            1999

[RFC1155]   Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification
            of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD
            16, RFC 1155, May 1990

[RFC1212]   Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD
            16, RFC 1212, March 1991

[RFC1215]   M. Rose, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the
            SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991

[RFC2578]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management
            Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999

[RFC2579]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for
            SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999

[RFC2580]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for
            SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999

[RFC1157]   Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple
            Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990.

[RFC1901]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January
            1996.

[RFC1906]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996.

[RFC2572]   Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R., and B. Wijnen, "Message
            Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
            Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2572, April 1999

[RFC2574]   Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model
            (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management
            Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC 2574, April 1999




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[RFC1905]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996.

[RFC2573]   Levi, D., Meyer, P., and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications",
            RFC 2573, April 1999

[RFC2575]   Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based
            Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network

[RFC2570]   Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart,
            "Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network
            Management Framework", RFC 2570, April 1999

[INETMIB]   http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ops-endpoint-mib-00.txt
            - work in progress.



































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Security Considerations

   There are management objects defined in this MIB that have a MAX-
   ACCESS clause of read-write and read-create. There is the risk that
   an intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB
   via direct SNMP SET operations. So, care must be taken to put in place
   the security provisions of SNMP for authentication and access control.
   Not all versions of SNMP provide features for such a secure environment.

   SNMPv1 by itself is such an insecure environment.  Even if the
   network itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then,
   there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to
   access and GET (read) and SET (write) the objects in this MIB.

   It is strongly recommended that the implementors consider the security
   features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework.  Specifically, the use
   of the User-based Security Model RFC 2274 [RFC2274] and the View-based
   Access Control Model RFC 2275 [RFC2275] is recommended.

   It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
   entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
   configured to give access to those objects only to those principals
   (users) that have legitimate rights to access them.




























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Authors' Addresses

   Glenn Mansfield
   Cyber Solutions Inc.
   6-6-3 Minami Yoshinari
   Aoba-ku, Sendai 989-3204
   Japan

   Phone: +81-22-303-4012
   EMail: glenn@cysols.com

   Dipankar Gupta
   Hewlett Packard Company
   690 East Middlefield Road, MS 31R
   Mountain View California 94043.

   Phone: +1-650-919-8066
   E-mail: dipankar_gupta@hp.com

































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