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VPNs, Intranets, Extranets - Exercise

VPNs, Intranets, Extranets, and XML

Objective: Describe the characteristics of Intranets, Extranets, and VPNs

Scoring

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Instructions

In the left column below are six terms; corresponding examples of these terms are listed in the right column. Match the term on the left column with the most appropriate example in the right column to make a match.
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  1. VPN (Virtual Private Network)
  2. LAN (Local Area Network)
  3. Intranet
  4. WAN
  5. Extranet
  6. XML (Extensible Markup Language)

  1. A company uses the Internet as a backbone with the PPTP protocol[1] to connect two branch offices in different countries.
  2. A company in a multi-story building has a network that connects the computers on all the floors together.
  3. A company has a system for making company documents available to the staff who need them, using the HTTP and FTP protocols.
  4. A company has a wireless link between its various branch offices using satellite technology.
  5. A company has a private network to link themselves with various suppliers. The network makes use of HTML documents over a TCP/IP-based network.
  6. A company uses a standard to create Web pages using structured data that is compatible with various platforms. The standard is similar to HTML but has customized tags.

[1]PPTP: The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol is an obsolete method for implementing virtual private networks.