Companies work hard to attract people to their Web sites.
But some sites are reserved for private use. They provide information for the customers of the company, or they provide services to employees. You re most likely to encounter a private site if you work in a company that lets departments set up internal Web sites. If you re not a member of the department, you re politely rebuffed with a You are not authorized to view this page message. Click to view graphic Webmasters, the people who create and control Web sites, can selectively provide permission to access their sites on the Internet by requiring a user name and password.