Intranet

[bernie1227]

Hiya guys,
I'm looking to create an intranet (a website that only certain people can access)
And I'm looking for the best way to only allow access to certain people.
Preferably, I would rather not use php and MySQL
Anyone have any ideas?
Bernie

[ApacheTech]

What server side languages do you have available to you?

An Intranet is usually for a company, it's an offline website that acts as a repository of information and things for your staff; or any other selected group of people as you say.

There are a lot of CMS options available; if you don't want to use PHP, I would recommed either DotNetNuke or Umbraco for ASP.NET. Also, just a basic site in ASP.NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 will give you what you want. You can set the authentication to Windows (automatic LDAP hookup to Novell or ActiveDirectory), or Forms. You can turn the registration off and add users manually into the database via the ASP.NET Configuration window.

[djr33]

You don't need PHP, ASP or anything else. You could just use HTML. But of course then you'd need the hardware (a network) and to configure a server to just serve the pages locally. Then after that you could add anything you want (if you want) like PHP, ASP, or a CMS.

An "intranet" isn't a program. It's a hardware configuration (with some software settings for security I assume, at least in real-world cases).

[bernie1227]

Thanks guys, that helped a lot

[djr33]

Looking at your original post again:

I'm looking to create an intranet (a website that only certain people can access)

Those definitions don't match up. An intranet is an internal internet-- a network with a website (not even necessarily a website I don't think, maybe FTP or just other connections).
It certainly can be limited access.

But you could also do exactly the same thing using PHP (etc) with passwords, or even based on IP addresses. And that would technically be an internet site, but it could be private if you desired.


What is your purpose exactly? Will everyone be in one office, or the equivalent?

[bernie1227]

Looking at your original post again:
Those definitions don't match up. An intranet is an internal internet-- a network with a website (not even necessarily a website I don't think, maybe FTP or just other connections).
It certainly can be limited

By definition, an intranet simply means A computer network that uses Internet protocol technology to share information inside an organization.
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet

[djr33]

That's fine. But what are you trying to accomplish? I don't understand.

As you said, it's a computer network. Not a program or a website. The internet is something underlying websites, and the same would be true of an intranet.