A while ago I posed the question of how to deal with a company running their "intranet" (actually, extranet applications) at a remote datacenter, where their public web server is running. The question at the time was how to replicate a database from their internal network to the remote installation. It was suggested by some that the best approach was not to replicate the databases at all, but simply have a single database and run the extranet applications (all in CF) on the same web servers. What I'm calling "extranet" applications are really only for internal company use, but they wish to allow employees to use the applications from home or while they're on the road.
The sticky part, at this point, is authentication. Right now, the servers are in-house and they use NT authentication forced by NTFS ACLs on the source directories of the web site. Very simple. Everyone has just one password on the network. They'd like to have the same type of authentication even after the servers are moved. Can this be done? I was thinking of placing a BDC at the datacenter, but I'm not sure how it would synch user accounts with their internal domain controllers. It's been suggested to perhaps run a VPN between the remote servers and the internal network, but that sounds like it may be a security hazard, since it essentially puts the web servers on the internal network. Thanks for any advice, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
