Extranet

Extranet is the use of Internet / Intranet technology to enable enterprises to connect with its customers and other businesses to accomplish their common goal of cooperation networks. Extranet can be used as the public Internet and Intranet as a bridge between proprietary, it can be seen as a corporate member can be accessed or joint-ventures with other companies as part of the Intranet. Federal Transit enterprise (Fedex) told the public of its cargo tracking system, Fedex Fedex customers can access the Web, browse freight table, fill the necessary forms, and even track their goods to run routes. Fedex's Web site is the oldest and most famous example of one of the Extranet. Extranet is an optional service for external users of the Intranet, but strictly speaking, it is not an Intranet application, although anyone can access the Fedex of the Web, but it is only interested customers. Extranet and Intranet, as is usually located behind a firewall, but unlike the Internet for the public to provide public telecommunications services and internal services only for Intranet and not the public, but some have a choice of open or available to the public partners have a choice of service . Extranet access is a semi-private, the user is formed by a close relationship with the business group, to share information in the circle of trust. Extranet is ideal for time-sensitive information sharing and inter-enterprise activities to complete a total interest purposes. Extranet Features ● Extranet limited to members of the organization, it can exceed outside the organization, including in particular those organizations want to establish relations with suppliers and customers; ● Extranet is not truly open, it can provide full access control allows external users away from the internal data; ● Extranet is an ideological, rather than a technology that uses standard Web and Internet technologies, network with other difference is that the views of the establishment of Extranet applications and strategies;
 ● Extranet The essence of the application, it is only integrated extension (not the system design) existing technology.