INTERNET UPLINK
AARNet — Australian Academic & Research Network
Advertising a public /16 IP range via AARNet BGP peering. AARNet provides transit.
COMPUTE & STORAGE
On-Premises Data Centres
Core research systems, student services & HPC workloads hosted on campus.
Microsoft Azure — cloud-native workloads & dev/test.
BRANCH WAN
10 campus sites connected via Optus MPLS
Private WAN connecting faculty buildings, satellite campuses & research stations.
CURRENT TOPOLOGY
Internet / DDoS Traffic↓
AARNet BGP
AS 7575 · /16 prefix
AS 7575 · /16 prefix
↓ unfiltered
UWA Edge Router
campus firewall / IPS
campus firewall / IPS
↓ ↘
On-Prem DC
Azure
10× Sites via Optus MPLS
The gap: AARNet was never designed as DDoS mitigation — the campus edge gets hit first.
