2. An intranet is separated from the rest
of the Internet by a firewall – a
hardware/software combination that
protects the corporate intranet from
snooping eyes and malicious attack.
A key component if an intranet is an
internal email system.
Email from the intranet that travels to
and from the Internet must go through
the firewall.
3. Databases
Coporate databases can be made available over the
Intranet via webbased HTML documents and search
tools.
Searching those databases will require the creation
og CGI scripts or Java programs.
Groupware enables people to have online
brinstroming sessions,schedule group meetings.
