Web access does not imply a lack of an intranet, necessarily. There could be internal webservers that need automation.

As an example, BellSouth.Net, here in Atlanta, has firewalls so restrictive that only a browser may get out, and to a limited number of sites, at that. Can't get e-mail from home, can't telnet, ftp, or ssh. Which is weird, because you'd think a company that's a multi-million user ISP would have a decent network...

--Chris

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