You work for a small city IT department and you are going ov

You work for a small city IT department, and you are going over your network infrastructure with a new technician. You tell her that the city employees are able to collaborate using the city’s intranet. How do you describe an intranet?

A. It is a private Internet-like network owned by your organization and only accessible by employees while still allowing access to the Internet by employees.

B. It is a private Internet-like network owned by your organization and used by the vendors from which the city purchases goods and services.

C. It is the city’s Internet access but over a dial-up WAN connection.

D. It is the city’s Internet access but over a satellite WAN connection.

Solution

A. An Intranet is a private organization’s network, which can be composed of Web servers, file and print servers, and other resources that can only be accessed by company employees for internal collaboration and information sharing. Typically, you can access the Internet from an intranet, but external Internet users cannot access the company’s intranet.