Setting up ftps on iis

[rkendall]

Does anyone know how to enable your ftp virtual directory that is setup in IIS to use 128-bit SSL encryption?

Robbo

 

[BWilson77080]

you have a firewall?

 

[rkendall]

Yes we do have a firewall!

 

[BWilson77080]

certificate server?

 

[GiaBetiu]

Secure sockets communication for FTP is very poor specified in the rfcs.
See this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q283/6/79.asp&NoWebContent=1

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[rkendall]

Hi, no its not a certificate server

We were issued a certificate by thwate and we currently use it to make one of our sites secure by using the SSL 128-bit encryption it provides.

Now we want users to instead of uploading files through http we want them to ftp the file to a folder on our server, this i have up and running and is actually piss easy to set up, however my director wants the ftp process to use SSL the same way our Web site does, is this possibe?

 

[GiaBetiu]

As I know is not possible. FTP doesn't have a clear suport for SSL encryption.
Maybe another FTP server, some shareware software for doing this.
Check those RFC, and you wil see what is the situation for FTP secure protocol.
Indeed you can use HTTP instead of FTP, and then you have SSL.

Gia Betiu
gia@almondeyes.net
Computer Eng. CNE 4, CNE 5, MCSE Win2K
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[rkendall]

OK, so in general how secure is FTP?

 

[GiaBetiu]

It can have authentication, and for the rest, PLEASE read that RFC.

Gia Betiu
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Computer Eng. CNE 4, CNE 5, MCSE Win2K
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