Difference Between Intranet And Extranet

Intranet

Intranet is an internal network of an organization that uses internet technologies. It is normally use to provide the information or the organization to the employees. It is small internet within an organization. It uses TCP/IP technologies and has a web server. It also support multimedia webpages that are viewed in a web browser. Some intranet may also provide access to the internet. Some organizations also use extranet. It allows the customers to access a part of the intranet.

Extranet

Extranet is a collection of two or more intranets. Different organizations can use extranet to share the information of their intranet. An organization can apply security measures to provide limited access to the employees of other organization using the extranet.