Making the Net Work: Deploying a Secure Portal on Sun Systems 
by Robert L. Baker
May, 2004
464 pages
ISBN 0-13-148338-2
Making the Net Work: Deploying a Secure Portal on Sun Systems describes how to get the most out of the Sun Portal Server Secure Remote Access 6.x products. The best practice suggestions contained in this book evolved from real-world customer escalation's, proof-of-concept exercises, and presales support. Each chapter provides high-level overviews that quickly drill down into technical details that are critical for solving problems or heading them off entirely. This book represents an aggregation of information to get the most out of your secure portal investment, by simplifying it's deployment, minimizing it's management, and optimizing it's usage.
The main chapters of this book describe the components of the Sun portal server software product using an arrangement as follows:
- What it is
- Why use it
- How it works
- How to deploy it
- Deployment scenarios
- Tips from the trenches
- The latest features