Here are the differences between the Merit and the RIPE databases: Number of entries: 3791 No difference: 608 (16%) Small diferences: 1354 (35%) Substrings: 968 (25%) Typos: 481 (12) Order: 78 (2%) Punctuation: 51 (1%) Abbreviations: 244 (6%) One Word only: 75 (1%) Differences: 1829 (48%) 100%: 277 (7%) 80%: 303 (7%) 60%: 335 (8%) 40%: 463 (12%) 20%: 451 (11%) A file with the list of addresses and differences is available on request. -- Laurent Joncheray, Merit Network Inc, 1071 Beal Avenue, E-Mail: lpj@merit.edu Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Phone: (313) 936 2065 "This is the end, Beautiful friend. This is the end, My only friend, the end" JM