IMHO ris databases (or at least riswhois server) should simply ignore default route (0.0.0.0/0). Are there any good reasons to keep riswhois reporting default routes? <quote> % This is RIPE NCC's Routing Information Service % whois gateway to collected BGP Routing Tables % IPv4 or IPv6 address to origin prefix match % % For more information visit http://www.ripe.net/ris/riswhois.html route: 0.0.0.0/0 origin: AS9009 descr: REALROUTE-AS RealROUTE International Network lastupd-frst: 2005-08-13 23:34Z 195.69.144.63@rrc03 lastupd-last: 2005-08-13 23:34Z 195.69.144.63@rrc03 seen-at: rrc03 num-rispeers: 1 source: RISWHOIS </quote> -- Andrzej [en:Andrew] Adam Filip anfi@priv.onet.pl anfi@xl.wp.pl All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)