IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Finance as part of a batch sent to 29 authorities
This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.
Dear Department of Finance,
I am writing to you to request information pertaining to your Information Technology infrastructure.
Namely, I am after records detailing the IPv4 (and if relevant,
IPv6) addresses used to access the public internet from within your network.
To clarify, these are the public facing addresses of your private network. I am only requesting addresses that are used to access the general public internet.
In addition, if it is such that a particular IP address serves a
particular area within your department (for example, one IP address is used for Media Relations, while another is used for Ministerial Communications), I also request access to this information.
To assist you in locating this information, I suggest it would be found in network documentation, or at the very least in configuration files of your
router and firewall equipment.
Please do not hesitate to reply if you require clarification to
fulfil this request.
I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Freedom of Information
Legal and Strategic Support Branch
Department of Finance
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Dear FOI Requests,
I refer to my request sent via Right to Know. The full request can be found here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/6...
I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. If for some reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please treat it as a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act (from the date it was initially received).
Please can you confirm receipt of my initial request and this amendment?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI14/105
Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
...information pertaining to your Information Technology infrastructure.
Namely, I am after records detailing the IPv4 (and if relevant, IPv6)
addresses used to access the public internet from within your network.
The statutory period for processing your request commences from the day
after Finance received your request. Your request was received by Finance
on 16 July 2014. The processing period may be extended if we need to
consult third parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will
advise you if this happens.
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possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
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Act will be published on our [1]disclosure log, unless an exemption
applies or the documents are characterised as containing personal
information. Documents will be published as soon as practicable, but no
later than 10 days after being released to you.
Policy to exclude junior departmental officer contact details
Finance has adopted a policy to generally exclude the names and contact
details of junior staff (non-SES officers) from any documents released
under FOI. Finance’s preference is to reach agreement with FOI applicants
to exclude these details from the scope of the request. Where there is no
objection, the names and contact details of junior officers are redacted
under section 22 of the FOI Act, on the basis that these details are
irrelevant to the request.
Please contact the FOI Team on the below contact details if you wish to
discuss your request.
Regards,
Chak
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FOI Officer
Corporate Services Division | Legal Services Branch
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783 | E: [3][Finance request email]
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Good morning Mr Fairless,
Please see attached, decision letter in regards to your FOI request (our
reference number FOI14/105).
Regards,
[1]Department of Finance and Deregulation
FOI Officer
Legal Services Branch
Corporate Services Division
Department of Finance
T: 02 6215 1783 E: [email address]
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