Arife, Shane, In case you didn't notice: the RFC on BGP communities for data collection was published last week (RFC4384). The idea is to tag routes collected by routeviews, RIS and others with specific values in order to specify what they are. This should make life easier for people doing research. I think it'd be good if we encourage the RIS peers to use those values. Steps that I see: 1. Summarize RFC, so people know what to put in without having to read the whole document. (Ask comms for help?) 2. Put this information on the web. 3. Email information to peers. 4. Ask people to use those values. 1 day of work, not very urgent, but useful. Is this something you can pick up? Henk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.amsterdamned.org/~henk P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1160438400. Watch this space...