A reminder for users of the RADB database service: at 12:00:00 a.m. EDT on January 1, 2000, the transition to the Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) database will be complete. After January 1, RIPE-181 object submissions will no longer be accepted. RIPE-181 submissions made between now and 1/1/2000 will continue to be visible on whois.radb.net as RIPE-181 objects converted to RPSL. Availability of the database in both syntax languages eases the transition to RPSL by allowing users to view RIPE-181 objects converted to RPSL. RIPE-181 queries will be possible until January 1 via whois queries to whois-ripe181.radb.net. However, you will need to *RECONFIGURE* your tools to explicitly query whois-ripe181.radb.net and send RIPE-181 submissions to auto-ripe181.radb.net. For more information, see: http://www.merit.edu/radb/announce.html Please send questions or comments to db-admin@radb.net. --Gerald Winters Merit IRRd team