IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of a batch sent to 29 authorities
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Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
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
Our Ref: 1407F887
Dear Mr Fairless,
Re: Freedom of Information (FOI) Request
Thank you for your email dated 16 July 2014 in which you seek access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to:
“records detailing the IPv4 (and if relevant, IPv6) addresses used to access the public internet from within your network.”
Searches are now being undertaken in relevant areas of the Department for documents relevant to your request. I will contact you again once the searches have been completed.
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Yours sincerely
Lindy Judge
Assistant Director– FOI and Privacy Law Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
____________________________________________________________________
Corporate Legal Branch E | [email address]
Legal Division T | +61 2 6261 1701
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #696 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 7:15 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
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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Dear Lindy,
Thanks for your email regarding my FOI request.
I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. Is this at all possible?
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).
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Our Ref: 1407F887
Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your email dated 16 July 2014 in which you seek access under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 to:
“records detailing the IPv4 (and if relevant, IPv6) addresses used to
access the public internet from within your network.”
Please find attached a copy of the decision in this matter.
Regards,
Lindy Judge
Assistant Director– FOI and Privacy Law Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Corporate Legal Branch E | [1][email address]
Legal Division T | +61 2 6261 1111
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