External Facing portal design for the ESS and MSS

Hello Portal Gurus!!!
I need your suggestions regarding implementing external facing portal for the ESS implementation.
What does it take to implement the external facing portal and what are the pros and cons of going for this external facing portal over just exposing the Portal with ESS over the internet?
Thanks for your suggestions in advance!!!
~~~LB

For implementing the External Facing portal.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/04/e5b7c3de384515afeafa0dab8e44e0/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/43/031a22dc5d21f0e10000000a155369/frameset.htm
For Limitations :
SAP Note : 853509 and 916545
Regards,
Sandeep

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PTREQ_ATTABSDATA: This table contains all the leaves applied and not
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AND BEGDA GE V_DATE1
AND ENDDA LE V_DATE2.
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EXPORTING
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