FYI: Reports from the Policy Routing DataBase (PRDB) will be changing in the next days to reflect new PRDB funcitonality. The most visible new feature today is the "UNCONFIGURE" flag. This is a flag that can be turned on for any network. It has the effect of removing that network from the AS690 configuration files, while keeping it in the PRDB for registry and analysis purposes. (Information about *all* nets is also copied over to the new Merit Routing Registry every config run). whois <net> - has been updated to include a new "flags:" field. Currently, the field is either empty or contains a message that the net "is not to be configured." This syntax will become more elaborate later, as new features evolve. nets.unl.now - has just been updated to include four more fields. These fields have been added at the end of the current records, so, hopefully, current applications that use nets.unl.now will not break. The definitions of the contents of these fields has not been finalized, but they will be used to present information about UNCONFIGURE status, Proxy Aggregation status, and Offnet information. For now, field #14 contains an "N" for all nets that have the UNCONFIGURE bit set. nets.tag.now - will also have these new fields added. other reports (ans_core.now, corenets, and country.now) will not change, except that "UNCONFIGUREd" networks will no longer appear in them. Metric:AS(NSS) - The long-awaited demise of "Fake ASs" is also soon to happen. As soon as next week you may the new "Metric:AS(NSS)" syntax in all PRDB reports that include AS announcement lists. --Dale