Hi, what about keeping the infos out of nis.nsf.net: nsfnet/announced.networks/country.now nis.nsf.net: nsfnet/announced.networks/country3.now somewhere on ftp.ripe.net. Those files provide the most useful information about NSFNET networks (at least for my administrative needs), ie they show the countries and the NSFNET announcements and they are up-to-date. What about converting them into the RIPE database format with the tags *in: *na: *cy: *ni: *ch: *so: and storing them as: ftp.ripe.net: ripe/dbase/nsf-t1.db ftp.ripe.net: ripe/dbase/nsf-t3.db or better to merge them into one database called: ftp.ripe.net: ripe/dbase/nsf.db with such entries: *in: 132.165.0.0 *na: CEA-SIEGE *cy: FR *n1: 1=590 14=750 15=756 20=1800 *n3: 1=1800 *ch: 910503 Merit *so: NSF This (small) database might replace the usually out-of-date nsfnets.db. (We could provide a gawk-script for the conversion) Any comments? -stefan-