What is an intranet?

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An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols, network connectivity to securely share part of an organization's information or operations with its employees.

Sometimes the term refers only to the most visible service, the internal website. The same concepts and technologies of the Internet such as clients and servers running on the Internet protocol suite are used to build an intranet.
HTTP and other Internet protocols are commonly used as well, such as FTP.
There is often an attempt to use Internet technologies to provide new interfaces with corporate 'legacy' data and information systems.
Briefly, an intranet can be understood as "a private version of the Internet,"

Answer Explanation: An intranet is best characterized as a logical network that is used by the personnel of an organization to access or store sensitive, proprietary information, which individuals outside the company cannot access. Should an organization's intranet be implemented across a public network such as the Internet, the data should be protected using an encrypted VPN channel or SSL technology.

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