An Intranet is a communication infrastructure. It is based on the communication standards of the Internet and the content standards of the World-Wide Web. Therefore, the tools used to create an Intranet are identical to those used for Internet and Web applications. The distinguishing feature of an Intranet is that access to information published on the Intranet is restricted to clients in the Intranet group. Historically this has been accomplished with LANs protected by Firewalls. Web browser such as Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer is used to display Web pages that contain links to company stored information. Those links consist of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which is the addressing mechanism used to request Web pages.
Intranets use the same techniques and technology as the Internet. For example, the Web is used extensively with intranets. Similarly, the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) developed to format Web pages on the Internet. In
Our applications reside on an extensible fleet of web servers, which are peer-level redundant. Only these servers can be access via a Web URL; the web servers communicate with the back-end database servers to store and retrieve information and data. Data are stored in the Database. File attachments are stored in a separate file sharing system. All file attachments are scanned with anti-virus software before being stored on the file servers. Virtual private network (VPN) is used for backend Web site management. This system employs a secure ID token-based authentication system, Microsoft NT and SGI host-based security, and router-based Access Control List (ACL) security and firewall management to effect a comprehensive security infrastructure.
· Project/group information used within a specific group to communicate and share ideas, coordinate activities or manage the development and approval of content that eventually will become formal. This information generally not listed in the en