IP Address Management: NetReg

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IP Address Management NetReg

• Karl Turnbull
• Manager, Unix Systems Group

Information Services
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Introduction

• Procedure
• Problems
• Project
• Product
• Plan
• Pitch

Information Services
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The Procedure

• Setup the computer
• Desktop Team
• Connect the computer
• Network Team
• Register the computers address
• Lan Team
• Register the computers name
• Unix Team

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The Problems

• Poor response times
• Staff working across different campuses
• Security issues (tracking addresses)
• Lack of standards (static, dynamic, combination)
• Campus network autonomy issues
• Microsoft Windows 2000 DDNS issues

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The Problems (cont.)

• Network data is out of date
• Network data is stored in different sources
• Some networks are over subscribed(resulting in
  conflicts)
• Some networks are under subscribed(finding free
  addresses difficult)

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The Project

• Goals
• Roaming
• Responsiveness
• Reliability
• Requirements
• Security
• Standards

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The Project (cont.)

• Options
• CMU NetReg
• Kinetica QIP
• Cisco Network Registrar
• DNSone
• QuestNet 2000 - UniMelb
• SWU NetReg 1.3rc2

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The Product

• NetReg V2 Features
• DNS/DHCP
• Web Interface with HTML Templates
• Database Enabled
• Groups (roaming/campus)
• LDAP Authentication and Access Controls
• Distributed/Scaleable Architecture

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The Product (cont.)

• NetReg V2 Prerequisites
• Operating System Unix/Linux
• Database Oracle/PostgreSQL
• ISC Bind 9
• ISC DHCP V3.0rc9

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The Product (cont.)

• NetReg V2 Prerequisites
• Apache 2.0
• Mod_ssl 1.99
• Perl 5.6
• OpenSSL
• LDAP/POP3/IMAP/FTP

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The Product (cont.)
DHCP REQUEST
IP ADDRESS UNKNOWN
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The Product (cont.)
TEMP DHCP RESPONSE
IP ADDRESS TEMP
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The Product (cont.)
DNS/HTTP REQUEST
IP ADDRESS TEMP
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The Product (cont.)
TEMP DNS/HTTP RESPONSE
IP ADDRESS TEMP
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The Product (cont.)
REGISTER REBOOT
IP ADDRESS TEMP
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The Product (cont.)
DHCP REQUEST
IP ADDRESS UNKNOWN
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The Product (cont.)
REAL DHCP RESPONSE
IP ADDRESS REAL
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The Product (cont.)

• Temp Address Choices
• Public Addresses
• Private Addresses

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The Pitch

• NetReg Stickers
• Links
• www.netreg.org
• www..southwestern.edu/its/netreg
• www.griffith.edu.au/netreg
• netreg.sourceforge.net

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The Pitch (cont.)

• Email Lists
• netreg-devel_at_lists.sourceforge.net
• netreg-announce_at_southwestern.edu
• netreg_at_southwestern.edu

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The Pitch (cont.)

• Universities
• Southwestern University
• Griffith University
• Drake University
• University of Baltimore
• Purdue University
• University of Wisconsin-Stout

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The Pitch (cont.)

• Universities (cont.)
• Lesley University
• University of Guelph
• University of Connecticut
• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
• Lawrence University
• University of Southern Indiana

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The Pitch (cont.)

• Colleges
• Defiance College
• Bridgewater State College
• Centenary College
• Smith College
• Franklin College
• Other schools and libraries

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The Plan

• 40 completed
• Gold Coast
• Logan
• Southbank
• Mt Gravatt
• Nathan
• Rest by Dec 2003

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Questions?