BETA release of PRIDE Tools 1 is now available. This is to announce the BETA release of the first two PRIDE tools. The tools in the distribution are as follows:- o prtraceroute o prcheck Prtraceroute is a version of traceroute that presents routing policy information together with the real time packet trace obtained from traceroute. It adds AS information to the normal traceroute output, making use of Routing Registry (RR) database information. It also checks with the RR database to see how the chosen route compares with the the registered routing policies in the RR database. NOTE: For those who have seen an early version of prtraceroute this has many changes. Prcheck is a checking tool to make it easy for operators to check their RIPE-81 policy object before it is submitted to an RR. It can do various levels of testing ranging from basic syntax checking of the policy attributes up to full checking of policy expressions against other referenced policy objects. The beta release is available from ncc.ripe.net (NOTE ncc.ripe.net, not ftp.ripe.net) as pride-beta/pride-beta.tar.Z NOTE: you cannot see this file but it is there. Please note that this software is a BETA release (esp. prcheck) and we are looking for constructive and useful feedback on the first two tools. All comments, fixes, etc. should be sent to pride-tools@ripe.net.