– 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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Private networks are just networks that aren’t connected to the public internet. They’re usually called intranets and there are a lot of different subtypes. You probably have an intranet called a LAN or local area network in your house that consists of the devices connected to your router.