IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of the Environment and Energy 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 the Environment,
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
Dear Mr Fairless
Freedom of Information Request no. 040714
I refer to your requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I have taken your request to be for:
"Information pertaining to [the Department of the Environment’s] 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."
We received your request on 16 July 2014 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us on or by 15 August 2014. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
It is the usual practice of the Department to not release the names and contact details of junior officers of the Department and other government agencies, where that personal information is contained in documents within scope of a request. The names and contact details of senior officers will generally be released. We will take it that you agree to the removal of junior officers’ personal information unless you advise that you would like us to consider releasing that information as part of the documents you have requested.
It is also the usual practice of the Department to only release final versions of documents. We will take it that you agree to receive only the final versions of documents unless you advise us that you do not agree.
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions. (For example, personal information will not be published where this would be unreasonable.)
We will contact you using the email your office provided. Please advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
regards
Miranda Kelly
Freedom of Information and Legislation Liaison
Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section |Legal Branch
Department of the Environment
phone: (02) 6274 2098
email: [Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #705 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 7:15 PM
To: FOI Contact Officer
Subject: Freedom of Information request - IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Dear Department of the Environment,
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 Miranda,
Thanks for your acknowledgement. When I made the request, I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. Is an answer possible via this method?
If for some reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please continue to treat it as a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
Dear Mr Fairless
The Department of the Environment acknowledges you have withdrawn your FOI request 040714.
I note that you are now submitting a request for administrative access to the same information. Your request has been forwarded to the relevant area for response.
Kind regards
Nicole Hedley
FOI and Legislation Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section |Legal Branch
Department of the Environment
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2098
e: [Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #705 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2014 6:27 PM
To: FOI Contact Officer
Subject: Re: FOI 040714 - Fairless - IT Network Infrastructure [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Miranda,
Thanks for your acknowledgement. When I made the request, I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. Is an answer possible via this method?
If for some reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please continue to treat it as a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Fairless
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Fairless
Freedom of Information Request no. 040714
I refer to your requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I have taken your request to be for:
"Information pertaining to [the Department of the Environment’s] 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."
We received your request on 16 July 2014 and the 30 day statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from us on or by 15 August 2014. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third parties or for other reasons. We will advise you if this happens.
It is the usual practice of the Department to not release the names and contact details of junior officers of the Department and other government agencies, where that personal information is contained in documents within scope of a request. The names and contact details of senior officers will generally be released. We will take it that you agree to the removal of junior officers’ personal information unless you advise that you would like us to consider releasing that information as part of the documents you have requested.
It is also the usual practice of the Department to only release final versions of documents. We will take it that you agree to receive only the final versions of documents unless you advise us that you do not agree.
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be published online on our disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions. (For example, personal information will not be published where this would be unreasonable.)
We will contact you using the email your office provided. Please advise if you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
regards
Miranda Kelly
Freedom of Information and Legislation Liaison Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section |Legal Branch Department of the Environment
phone: (02) 6274 2098
email: [Department of the Environment request email]
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #705 email]
Write your response as plain text. Only send PDF documents as a last resort. Government guidelines make it clear that PDF is not an acceptable format for you to use in the delivery of government information.
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
This request is being made by an individual using the Right to Know website. The unique email address provided by the service for this request satisfies s.15(2)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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Dear Mr Fairless,
Thank you for your recent administrative request regarding the
Department's IT infrastructure. Based on advice from the Attorney
General's Department we do not provide information regarding the
configuration of our ICT networks.
Publically available information, such as the IP addresses for externally
facing services (such as [1]www.environment.gov.au etc) can easily be
obtained using freely available tools such as nslookup and whois.
If we do not hear anything further from you within 14 days we will regard
the matter as closed.
Regards
Al Blake
Chief Information Officer
References
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1. http://www.environment.gov.au/
Dear Department of the Environment,
RE: Freedom of Information Request no. 040714
I refer to the response provided by Al Blake, Chief Information Officer of the Department, under administrative access.
Please can you consider my request under the formal provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
Hi Ben
I have restarted your FOI - the FOI response is due to you on or by 25 August 2014.
Regards
Nicole Hedley
FOI and Legislation Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and Corporate Legal Section |Legal Branch
Department of the Environment
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2098
e: [Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #705 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2014 2:45 PM
To: FOI Contact Officer
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Dear Department of the Environment,
RE: Freedom of Information Request no. 040714
I refer to the response provided by Al Blake, Chief Information Officer of the Department, under administrative access.
Please can you consider my request under the formal provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #705 email]
Write your response as plain text. Only send PDF documents as a last resort. Government guidelines make it clear that PDF is not an acceptable format for you to use in the delivery of government information.
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
This request is being made by an individual using the Right to Know website. The unique email address provided by the service for this request satisfies s.15(2)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/help/offi...
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please see the attached correspondence.
Regards
Nicole Hedley
FOI and Legislation Contact Officer | Climate Change, Science and
Corporate Legal Section |Legal Branch
Department of the Environment
a: GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2600
t: (02) 6274 2098
e: [1][Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
References
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1. mailto:[Department of the Environment and Energy request email]
Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
I've had a chat with Nicole by phone and indicated I would prefer the request is paused instead of withdrawn, as I don't want the clock to restart.