Dear Colleagues, [apologies for duplicate messages] Following the request from the RIPE Community a new auth scheme based on MD5-crypt algorithm was implemented and put into production today, 16 May 2002. Implementation details can be found in the proposal circulated in the db-wg mailing list http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/db-wg/20020401-20020701/msg00011.html. We also created another FAQ entry "How to use MD5-PW auth scheme in my mntner?" (http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/faq/database/qa5.html#13). The RIPE Database Reference Manual will be updated soon. You may use Crypt CGI interface (http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/cgicrypt.pl.cgi) to convert your passphrase to MD5-PW string. Regards, Andrei Robachevsky DB Group RIPE NCC