How can I create different intranet pages for different groups of people (different locations) without authentications and each group can only access to their own sites?
Subject: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
For the server to know what to present the user must be identified. This can be done by a login or some other mechanism. IP address is probably not tied to the user but if you happen to be in the situation that different group in your question means different location then IP addresses might tell where the location is and can be used to differentiate the intranet. You can also look at a Single Sign on solution to identify the user without the need of entering a username and password. In an intranet situation you might be able to use IIS in combination with the windows logon to automatically log in the users. Another way could be with the use of client cerficates but that is a lot of work to setup.
Subject: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
If you don’t authenticate the users, how do you know to which group they belong?
Subject: RE: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
That’s exactly my question. Is there any way to do this? Not all users have Lotus Notes accounts. And we don’t want users to have to log in even if they have Notes’ accounts. Any ideas?
Subject: RE: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
No log in, no user identities, nothing that would stop you from reading everyones documents. That’s not a limitation of Notes, its a limitation of logic.
You can have web-only users, that don’t have Notes ids. You can have multiple address books (or reader fields in person docs) to separate groups. You can install Domino in ASP mode (hosted organization) which provides even more freedom to do just that.
But not without authenticating users.
Subject: RE: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
I understand that no account is required to log in. Only need to create an entry in the address book.
I am thinking is there any way that we can ID the users from their IP, cookies, or …
Subject: RE: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
All users behind a router or proxy will come in with the same IP address. The remote address submitted might be spoofed. And who would set up, what IP addresses are mapped to what user group?
Cookies have to be set and accepted once. How do you decide, what cookie (value) to present to which user? More important: Cookies can be set server-side and client side. As soon as a user of group A gets to know, how the cookie for group B looks like, he would be able to make himself recognized as member of group B.
As long as you’re on an intranet, you might get away with IP address detection (if you can manage the mapping), but this will never be secure. If security is not really an issue, give them different start URLs. If security IS an issue, all you could do is invest in client side X.50x certificates for authorization (which would be tied to the machines, then). I don’t know, if there is a simple way to authenticate web users via hardware tokens. I tend to think, that this would at least require some custom ActiveX or Java programming.
Subject: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
All mechanical methods seem much more difficult than employing a one-time login.
Subject: RE: How to create multiple Intranets for different groups withoug log in
Appreciate all your replies. Manyl years ago while we have a plant in a different site. I forgot what method we used to have two groups browse only their own intranet sites. Now that we need to do the same, and I just can’t remember how did we do it or find any documnet regarding this.
Is it possible that you can re-direct to a different directory based on IP …
I totally agree that it is easier to have users log in…