Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2008. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Government Departments: Information and Communications Technology

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and communications technology, which IP addresses are used by (a) his Department and (b) computers in the offices of its (i) Ministers, (ii) communications officials and (iii) special advisers.

Answer: To help defend against electronic attack, it is standard good information security practice for corporate IT systems not to publish internal IP addresses. When accessing internet websites, the IP addresses of all of the computers on the Ministry of Justice's internal office IT system are hidden behind the following IP addresses which are publicly available—195.92.40.49 and 62.25.106.209. These IP addresses are shared with other Government departments that use the Government Secure Intranet.

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