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Just out of curiosity, why use FTP at all? We have users access Windows
shares from off-campus by using MSU's VPN. Wouldn't that take care of most
of your needs?

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From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Ehren Benson
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:33 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Creative SFTP solutions on windows IIS



Windows folks:

 

We used to run FTP for users to access their files in their home directories
from either out of the building using our RRAS vpn or on those older systems
(NT-98) that don't directly access them through shares.  However recently we
have disabled that because of the very unsecure nature of FTP.  We would
like to provide SFTP functionality as people tend to not like that we took
regular FTP away.

 

I found a free solution from freeftpd.com but I would like it to be
integrated with IIS but I just don't know if that's possible.whereas for
websites you can enable SSL, you can't for FTP sites.  I even just installed
IIS7 on the test box I have with WinServer2008 RC0 and it seems that all web
services have been updated in IIS7.however if you want to use FTP services
it dumps you back into its IIS6 console with all the same options.so much
for the hope they would have updated that.

 

Any creative ideas/options anyone else has implemented?

 

Ehren J. Benson, MCSE

Windows Systems Administrator

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Michigan State University

1209 A Biomed Phys Sci

 

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