
What is an Extranet?
An extranet is a private business community that uses the Internet as the
backbone for communication, commerce, and collaboration. Extranets allow
organizations to extend mission-critical resources over the Internet to
partners, suppliers, customers, and other individuals outside the physical
walls of the organization.
Contrast it with an intranet, which is an Internet-technology network for
sharing information within the boundaries of a single organization. An
extranet uses Internet technology to share information among organizations.
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