Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has released version 1.4.99.9 of libbgpdump, the library that reads RIS raw data files. The following changes were incorporated in the new version: - Output of AS numbers is now in the ASPLAIN format - Support for the ORIGINATOR_ID and CLUSTER_LIST attributes has been added - Signedness of the MED and localpref attributes has been corrected - Conditional checking for compression libraries has been implemented - Crashes when using machine-readable output have been resolved - Crashes when reading multiple files in a row have been resolved - The output type for some fields has been corrected - Various other improvements have been made to the code This release includes patches contributed by Maurizio Pizzonia, Toby Ehrenkranz and Steve Hill. You can download libbgpdump 1.4.99.9 from: http://www.ris.ripe.net/source/ If you have any questions, please email <ris@ripe.net>. Regards, Erik Romijn Information Services Department RIPE NCC