IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Ben Fairless made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as part of a batch sent to 29 authorities
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Dear Department of Agriculture,
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
The department acknowledges receipt of your freedom of information request
below, which has been assigned to me.
I will contact you further once I have completed some inquiries concerning
your request.
Please contact me if you have any queries or concerns. My contact details
are as set out below.
Sincerely
Stuart Plowman
Government Lawyer | Office of the General Counsel | Freedom of
Information
Phone +61 2 6272 5051 | Fax +61 2 6272 4772 |
Department of Agriculture
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
agriculture.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #690 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 7:15 PM
To: Foi
Subject: Freedom of Information request - IT Network Documentation -
IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Department of Agriculture,
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 Stuart,
Thanks for your acknowledgement. I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. Is this 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
Dear Mr Fairless
The department is processing your request as an FOI request.
Sincerely
Stuart Plowman
Government Lawyer | Office of the General Counsel | Freedom of Information
Phone +61 2 6272 5051 | Fax +61 2 6272 4772 |
Department of Agriculture
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
agriculture.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:[FOI #690 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2014 6:42 PM
To: Foi
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses [FOI2014/15-01] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Stuart,
Thanks for your acknowledgement. I forgot to add that I would prefer this request be treated as a request for administrative access. Is this 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
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Fairless
The department acknowledges receipt of your freedom of information request below, which has been assigned to me.
I will contact you further once I have completed some inquiries concerning your request.
Please contact me if you have any queries or concerns. My contact details are as set out below.
Sincerely
Stuart Plowman
Government Lawyer | Office of the General Counsel | Freedom of Information
Phone +61 2 6272 5051 | Fax +61 2 6272 4772 |
Department of Agriculture
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
agriculture.gov.au
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Dear Mr Fairless
Please find the decision on access in relation to your request enclosed.
Kind regards
FOI Officer | Office of the General Counsel | Freedom of
Information
Phone +61 2 6272 3933 | Fax +61 2 6272 4772 |
Department of Agriculture
18 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
agriculture.gov.au
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should not copy, use or disclose it without authorisation from the
Department. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses
and defects before opening or forwarding them. If you are not an intended
recipient, please contact the sender of this email at once by return email
and then delete both messages. Unintended recipients must not copy, use,
disclose, rely on or publish this email or attachments. The Department of
Agriculture is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from
unauthorised use or dissemination of, or any reliance on, this email or
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