Chapter 6. Extranet Security
Extranet applications are those that share resources or applications across two different companies or divisions. The applications and resources are exposed over the Internet. One of the main challenges associated with extranet applications is developing an authentication approach that both parties agree to. Your choices may be limited in this respect because you may need to interoperate with existing authentication mechanisms.
Extranet applications generally share some common characteristics:
You have tighter control over user accounts, compared to Internet scenarios.
You may have a higher level of trust for the user accounts, compared to applications that have Internet users.
The scenarios presented in this chapter that ...
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