Harald Tveit Alvestrand | |
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| Born | 29 June 1959 |
| Occupation | computer scientist |
| Known for | i18n, IETF, and Linux work |
| Notable work | RFC 2277 (BCP 18) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Harald Tveit Alvestrand (born 29 June 1959) is a Norwegian computer scientist. He was chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) from 2001 until 2005, succeeding Fred Baker. Within the IETF, Alvestrand was earlier the chair of the Areas for Applications from 1995 until 1997, and of Operations and Management in 1998.