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It's December!!!! (which year? :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The PRDB and this "NWG report" will be retired in December. Details below. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The following changes have been made to the NSFNET policy-based routing > database and will be installed on the backbone by 10:00 EST : > ....... > > PRDB CHANGES: (Updated October 25, 1994) > > In early December 1994, as part of the transition to the new Global > Routing Registry (GRR), the Policy Routing Database (PRDB) will be retired. > Many of the functions of the PRDB (including generation of router > configurations for NSFNET) will be produced based on data from the > Global Routing Registry. > > This change to the NSFNET Backbone service will involve the following changes: > > - The method for submitting new nets to be routed over AS690 will > change. Instead of submitting a NACR to [email protected], > you will need to submit a "route template" to [email protected] . > > - Additions and entries to the new registry will be made by the Home > AS which creates the route for each net, rather than being > submitted by a AS690 peer AS. > > - Most of the PRDB reports (listed above) will no longer be produced. > Equivalent information for most of these reports is available > from the global Routing Registry. > > > These are major changes to the system. These changes are being made in > order to migrate NSFNET customers and the global user community to a > Global Routing Registry system, which will be more capable of supporting > user needs after the termination of the NSFNET Backbone services in > April 1995. > > For more information, set your web browser to http://www.ra.net/rrinfo.html , > or use anonymous ftp to obtain the files "OVERVIEW" and "transition.plan" > from the directory "ftp.ra.net:pub/radb". > > Merit would like to minimize the number of problems that this transition > may cause you. In order to help us help you through the transition, > please send your concerns, your needs, and suggestions on how we can > make this happen smoothly to [email protected] > > The archived discussion list "[email protected]" also exists for discussion > of PRDB and RADB issues. Send a message to "[email protected]" to > subscribe. > --Dale Johnson ([email protected]) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please send all requests for configuration changes to [email protected] > using the NSFNET configuration forms. The forms are available on-line > from the nic.merit.edu machine. Use ftp and the anonymous login to get on the > machine. Do a "cd nsfnet/announced.networks" and get the files template.net, > template.net.README, template.gate, and template.as. > > *** Note: As of March 1, 1994, NSFNET AUP NACRs must use the template.net > *** (NACR) version 7.1, or the NACR will be returned unprocessed. > > ******************************* > > --Steve Widmayer Merit/NSFNET [email protected] > --Enke Chen Merit/NSFNET [email protected] > --Steven J. Richardson Merit/NSFNET [email protected] > > -- --bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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