The trusted guardian of NZ Information Assets.

So where do they host this important guardian of our assets, of course they would host it here in Wellington wouldn�t they, maybe a backup in Auckland

Serenity:~ alexander$ traceroute ncsc.govt.nz
traceroute to ncsc.govt.nz (199.83.134.194), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  172.31.2.1 (172.31.2.1)  0.548 ms  0.215 ms  0.191 ms
 2  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  0.324 ms  0.296 ms  0.275 ms
 3  113.197.96.18 (113.197.96.18)  4.058 ms  3.873 ms  4.489 ms
 4  103.9.216.18 (103.9.216.18)  10.866 ms  10.734 ms  27.593 ms
 5  103.9.216.19 (103.9.216.19)  10.699 ms  10.737 ms  10.956 ms
 6  203.167.218.185 (203.167.218.185)  13.539 ms  11.339 ms  10.953 ms
 7  ge-0-2-0-914.xcore1.acld.telstraclear.net (203.98.42.17)  11.106 ms  11.315 ms  10.950 ms
 8  unknown.telstraglobal.net (134.159.174.37)  14.115 ms
    unknown.telstraglobal.net (134.159.174.41)  13.334 ms
    unknown.telstraglobal.net (134.159.174.37)  14.271 ms
 9  i-0-0-4-1.tlot-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net (202.84.142.106)  136.672 ms
    i-0-0-4-0.tlot-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net (202.84.142.118)  138.917 ms
    i-0-6-4-1.tlot-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net (202.84.142.114)  138.757 ms
10  i-0-4-0-0.eqla01.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.84.251.174)  136.206 ms
    i-0-4-0-7.eqla01.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.40.149.254)  137.496 ms
    i-0-4-0-0.eqla01.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.84.251.174)  137.301 ms
11  nlayer-peer.eqla01.pr.telstraglobal.net (134.159.61.42)  143.708 ms  136.787 ms  140.136 ms
12  ae0-110g.cr1.lax1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.127.137)  138.668 ms
    ae0-110g.cr1.lax1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.127.141)  137.965 ms
    ae0-110g.cr1.lax1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.127.137)  136.064 ms
13  xe-5-3-0.cr1.iah1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.121)  167.796 ms  167.996 ms  168.156 ms
14  xe-3-1-1.cr1.dfw1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.3)  171.539 ms  194.181 ms  193.122 ms
15  xe-0-2-1.cr1.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.4)  190.842 ms  190.634 ms  190.443 ms
16  ae0-60g.cr2.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.154)  191.285 ms  190.151 ms  189.922 ms
17  ae2-20g.ar1.ord6.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.254)  192.570 ms  195.793 ms  195.315 ms
18  * * *
19  * * *
20  * * *
21  * * *

mmmmm. that looks like a long trip to Wellington or Auckland

Whois that IP:

Serenity:~ alexander$ whois 199.83.134.194

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NetRange:       199.83.128.0 - 199.83.135.255
CIDR:           199.83.128.0/21
OriginAS:       AS19551
NetName:        INCAPSULA
NetHandle:      NET-199-83-128-0-1
Parent:         NET-199-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Assignment
RegDate:        2011-01-14
Updated:        2012-02-24
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-199-83-128-0-1

OrgName:        Incapsula Inc
OrgId:          INCAP-5
Address:        3500 SOUTH DUPONT HIGHWAY
City:           Dover
StateProv:      DE
PostalCode:     19901
Country:        US
RegDate:        2010-09-15
Updated:        2014-02-25
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/INCAP-5

OrgAbuseHandle: INCAP1-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Incapsula AbuseDesk
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-866-250-7659
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@incapsula.com
OrgAbuseRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/INCAP1-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: INCAP2-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Incapsula Operations
OrgTechPhone:  +1-866-250-7659
OrgTechEmail:  ip@incapsula.com
OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/INCAP2-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: INCAP2-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Incapsula Operations
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-866-250-7659
OrgNOCEmail:  ip@incapsula.com
OrgNOCRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/INCAP2-ARIN


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Serenity:~ alexander$ 

hmmmm, Delaware, now thats a funny place for it.

It doesn�t seem to be any CDN or anything, I wonder if they are just going best price for their hosting, or does this path lead through the 5 Eyes network?

Maybe our network lords and masters will be telling us to embed our network systems in foreign countries as part of our new approvals.