Building a Strategic Extranet [Paperback]

Bryan Pfaffenberger (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764531255 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531255 | Publication Date: January 19, 1998 | Edition: 1

Building A Strategic Extranet Increase Your Business Agility with an Extranet Find out how successful companies around the globe are using extranets to gain a strategic advantage. With clear instructions and dozens of real-world examples, award-winning author Bryan Pfaffenberger demonstrates how to use existing intranet and Internet technologies to develop a robust extranet at minimal cost. Filled with sound business and management considerations, Building a Strategic Extranet offers authoritative, up-to-date information on extranet standards and tools, and addresses all of the issues posed by extranets — including content development, architecture, implementation, and security. Your Complete Guide to Planning and Implementing a Successful Extranet

• Evaluate a prototype extranet
• Review the fundamentals of enterprise networking
• Understand the pros and cons of Windows NT and UNIX architectures
• Master TCP/IP security issues
• Build secure cryptosystems
• Implement a virtual private network
• Choose the right extranet topology
• Select state-of-the-art applications that are easy to implement
• Explore the differences between available browsers and servers
• Master the latest tools for extranet content development
• Estimate the costs of your extranet

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About the Author

About the Author Bryan Pfaffenberger, Ph.D., associate professor of technology, culture, and communications at the University of Virginia, is a sought-after consultant and speaker on intranet and extranet issues. Recipient of the Best Book of the Year award from the American Society of Information Science, Dr. Pfaffenberger's many published works are noted for their accessibility and the depth of the supporting research.

Product Details

• Paperback: 403 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531255
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531255
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,668,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A thorough and well researched treatment of Extranets, October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Building a Strategic Extranet (Paperback)

The author treats issues such as setting up a CA, authenticating browsers, choosing encryption algorithms and securing the https server well. It's very HTTP focused, and barely touches on how to get from the EDI way of doing things to the extranet way, but it's easily the best book on the topic I've seen. He has an unfortunate tendency to get off topic, for example delving into how to choose a browser, why tcp/ip is insecure, etc., but overall the book is well written.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Spend your money elsewhere, August 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Building a Strategic Extranet (Paperback)

Dr. Pfaffenberger has taken a broad approach to design of an extranet. He obviously has some experience with a nonprofit consortium working on the subject.

The discussion of the business issues involved with extranets is not the greatest. Although there is good work with management challenge and organizational buy-in issues, the same issues exist for any new IT initiative so the information is nothing new.

The technical side is approached as a simple Microsoft vs. Netscape model. This is simply nowhere near the truth. The browser is not the extranet, rather it is simply what a user uses to view the data. The next 5 years will bring many new products and services. Other existing products discussed are referred to as proprietary when they are actually not.

One very good area is the section on security. He has done a good job breaking down all the issues there.

Not enough is dedicated to potential uses of an extranet. Suggestions on ways your business c! ould use an extranet would be great. Although there are a few, there are not enough.

Spend your money elsewhere

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview coverage of Extranet issues, March 9, 2001

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This review is from: Building a Strategic Extranet (Paperback)

The book is well-written and, even three years later, much of the discussion is valuable reference. Of course, the information on specific products is dated. However, the material on security/encryption schemes and authentication is first rate and clear. The guidance on extranet design approaches is still valid. This book should be in second edition by now. If it is, buy the 2nd edition new. As a used book, the security and authentication parts are worth a discounted price.