– A friend of mine in IT is always talking about the “secondary” or “private” internet network that big name corporations operate on, outside of “normal internet” traffic. What is this network, and how is it accessed?

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– A friend of mine in IT is always talking about the “secondary” or “private” internet network that big name corporations operate on, outside of “normal internet” traffic. What is this network, and how is it accessed?

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You make it sound like the dark web 2.0 for evil corporations.

There’s not one common network all the companies operate on, each company has a bunch of their own stuff only they can access, similar to how you have a personal network in your home so you can connect your phone to the TV and play music.

My companies internal network has a bunch of company specific info e.g. org chart showing everyone’s job, plus holiday booking software, objectives, expense claims, benefits, payroll etc. It’s extremely boring.