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ANXTunnelz Service

ANXTunnelz is a service for IPSec gateway management that provides end-to-end SLAs for highly available tunnels between ANX Trading Partners. Ford Motor Company and each of its ANX Trading Partners subscribe to ANXTunnelz for management of the tunnel between Ford Motor Company and the Trading Partner. The ANXTunnelz service requires no capital investment and, specifically, no investment by a Trading Partner in IPSec hardware because the IPSec hardware used in the service is owned and managed by ANXeBusiness. The ANXTunnelz service runs over a Trading Partner's existing ANX CSP transport connection. A Trading Partner can continue to maintain legacy-style IPSec tunnels with other Trading Partners while using ANXTunnelz for the IPSec tunnel with Ford Motor Company. Migrating an IPSec tunnel to the ANXTunnelz service does not require a Trading Partner to change to another ANX CSP or add another ANX CSP transport connection.

Over 400 Ford Motor Company ANX Trading Partners have already migrated to ANXTunnelz, and many have elected to use ANXTunnelz with Trading Partners other than Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company Trading Partners who have not migrated to ANXTunnelz need to do so as soon as possible because legacy Ford Motor Company ANX firewalls will be retired before the end of 2004. To guarantee continued connectivity to Ford Motor Company, a Ford Motor Company Trading Partner who is subject to the ANXTunnelz requirement and who has not yet migrated should register for the ANXTunnelz service as soon as possible. The migration process will take 1 to 2 months to complete. It is important for each Ford Motor Company Trading Partner to cooperate with this mandate and secure their place in the migration queue. Together, Ford Motor Company and ANXeBusiness will ensure a seamless migration for each Trading Partner with as little downtime as possible.

For additional information on ANXTunnelz, please phone ANXeBusiness at 1-877-488-8269 or e-mail them at ccc@anx.com.

Please contact anxdesk@ford.com if you have any questions.

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