Understanding the extranets
As more and more organizations rely on network connectivity, it makes sense to utilize this technology to make business more efficient. How can we do that? By allowing access to our intranet to organizations other than our own. This raises obvious security concerns. Therefore, access is only permitted to trusted (or authorized) organizations such as our business partners or our larger customers. Furthermore, this access is limited only to the resources that they need for their normal interaction with us.
Let's assume that company A sells specialist circuit boards; company B uses these circuit boards as key components for a product they sell. Before company B takes any orders for their product, they need to ensure ...
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