Hi, As announced at the Local IR Working Group at the 32nd RIPE Meeting on 27/1/1999, the RIPE NCC European IP Address Space Request Syntax Checking web page, Web 141, is now functioning. The URL is: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/web141/web141.pl.cgi Please note that it is only for formatting and syntax checking requests - you must send the request in an email to hostmaster@ripe.net for any action to be taken with it. You can fill in your RIPE 141 format address request in the boxes provided and merely convert the request to correctly formatted plain text suitable for pasting into an email, or you can also have the autohm program check the syntax of your request. This is the same program that checks RIPE 141 requests sent to hostmaster@ripe.net, so if you pass these checks you can be sure you will not fail the syntax checks there. However please note that other checks are performed before you are given what you are requesting, and your request may still fail these checks. The simple source of the web page generator and plain text converter ( using Perl5 and CGI.pm ) will be made available in two weeks, and autohm, the syntax checking tool also written in Perl 5, will be made available in four weeks. Please let the lir-wg list know if you have any comments on the web page or the checks that are done. Cheers, Maldwyn Morris Software Manager RIPE NCC