diff --git a/nest/protocol.h b/nest/protocol.h
index 46744357..fcbf0539 100644
--- a/nest/protocol.h
+++ b/nest/protocol.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ void protos_dump_all(void);
 #define GA_UNKNOWN	0		/* Attribute not recognized */
 #define GA_NAME		1		/* Result = name */
 #define GA_FULL		2		/* Result = both name and value */
+#define GA_HIDDEN	3		/* Attribute should not be printed */
 
 /*
  *	Known protocols
diff --git a/nest/rt-attr.c b/nest/rt-attr.c
index 22b45db9..d793c72e 100644
--- a/nest/rt-attr.c
+++ b/nest/rt-attr.c
@@ -981,7 +981,9 @@ ea_show(struct cli *c, const eattr *e)
 	  bsprintf(pos, "<type %02x>", e->type);
 	}
     }
-  cli_printf(c, -1012, "\t%s", buf);
+
+  if (status != GA_HIDDEN)
+    cli_printf(c, -1012, "\t%s", buf);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/proto/babel/babel.c b/proto/babel/babel.c
index 86cec63b..ecde07b3 100644
--- a/proto/babel/babel.c
+++ b/proto/babel/babel.c
@@ -2081,9 +2081,6 @@ babel_get_attr(const eattr *a, byte *buf, int buflen UNUSED)
 {
   switch (a->id)
   {
-  case EA_BABEL_SEQNO:
-    return GA_FULL;
-
   case EA_BABEL_METRIC:
     bsprintf(buf, "metric: %d", a->u.data);
     return GA_FULL;
@@ -2096,6 +2093,9 @@ babel_get_attr(const eattr *a, byte *buf, int buflen UNUSED)
     return GA_FULL;
   }
 
+  case EA_BABEL_SEQNO:
+    return GA_HIDDEN;
+
   default:
     return GA_UNKNOWN;
   }
diff --git a/proto/rip/rip.c b/proto/rip/rip.c
index b0b5b8a1..5f3161ee 100644
--- a/proto/rip/rip.c
+++ b/proto/rip/rip.c
@@ -1233,6 +1233,9 @@ rip_get_attr(const eattr *a, byte *buf, int buflen UNUSED)
     bsprintf(buf, "tag: %04x", a->u.data);
     return GA_FULL;
 
+  case EA_RIP_FROM:
+    return GA_HIDDEN;
+
   default:
     return GA_UNKNOWN;
   }