An Intranet is a computer network work, which is based on the same techniques as Internet (TCP/IP, HTTP), however only by a fixed group by members of an organization to be used can.

System of the Intranet

For the IT-infrastructure that means the employment of TCP/IP as network minutes, the Internet services as application basis and of Webbrowsern as universal user surface.

That access to an Intranet does not have to be spatially limited. With enterprises with locations in different countries therefore all coworkers can access the same Intranet.

Another extended form is the Extranet.

The term Intranet is used often independently of its technical definition for the summary enterprise or community-internal Web communication. In addition can belong file server, web pages, Chats or forums. Typical contents are in-house public information such as rules, arrangements, procedure and instructions for expiration, documents and forms.

Spreading of the Intranet

The Intranet is common in many enterprises, where the coworkers can inform about newest messages as well as rules and arrangements. In addition they find important documents and forms, which download themselves them for their work or can expressions in the Intranet.

Also some states have their own Intranet, extreme an example are the democratic People's Republic of Korea. There most humans do not have an entrance to the Internet, but can only in the local Intranet surfen.

Used topics

• Internet
• Virtual private network

Literature

• Claus's Hoffmann: The Intranet. A medium of coworker communication, UVK, ISBN 3-89669-335-2 ''

• Ralph Steyer: Server for WWW, E-Mail, ftp & CO. - A Workshop for the setting up and use of Internet services - under Windows and Linux, publishing house, ISBN 3-89864-276-3 dpunkt

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