Alcatel This document is an applicability statement for Provider Provisioned CE-based IPsec VPNs, as discribed in [CEVPN]. This document describes how provider provisioned CE-based approaches meet the key requirements that are outlined in the PPVPN Applicability Statements Guideline document [ASGUIDE] and the key security requirements according to the template in section 8 of the VPN security framework document [SEC-FW].