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	Title		: Requirements for a Policy Management System
	Author(s)	: H. Mahon, Y. Bernet, S. Herzog
	Filename	: draft-ietf-policy-req-01.txt
	Pages		: 80
	Date		: 28-Oct-99
	
This  document describes why policy based management is interest-
ing to people managing IT environments and what is needed to make
policy  management  address  those  interests.   Work  to date is
described, as well as usage cases demonstrating how  policy-based
management would actually work.
The  goal  for  this document is to provide a set of requirements
for further development of standards for policy  management  sys-
tems.   There has already been work in the area of policy manage-
ment and the work to date is  described  as  well  as  additional
areas to be defined.
For  readers  in  a  hurry the Introduction (section 1) and Usage
Cases (section 5) will  provide  a  great  deal  of  information.
Readers interested in more detail about various aspects of Policy
Management should read from the beginning of the document to  the
end.

This  document  is  the  result of discussions, e-mail, and other
communications within the  Policy  Framework  Working  Group  and
among individuals.

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