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thanks becraig, <br />
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the article says:<br />
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&quot;If you intend to place sensitive data on your FTP site or if secure communication between clients and your FTP server are important, consider using FTP over an encrypted channel such as a Virtual Private Network secured with Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol or Secure Internet Protocol (IPSec). You should also consider using Web Authoring with WebDAV (WebDAV), which utilizes Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).&quot;<br />
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how do I do this?
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thanks becraig,

the article says:

"If you intend to place sensitive data on your FTP site or if secure communication between clients and your FTP server are important, consider using FTP over an encrypted channel such as a Virtual Private Network secured with Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol or Secure Internet Protocol (IPSec). You should also consider using Web Authoring with WebDAV (WebDAV), which utilizes Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)."

how do I do this?

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Hi Guys, <br />
<br />
I have an FTP server configured on a windows 2003 OS. <br />
<br />
I read this article on how to secure it:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/misc_network_security/Secure_FTP_Server.html" rel="ugc">http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/misc_network_security/Secure_FTP_Server.html</a>&nbsp;<br />
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It advises to disable anonymous, when I uncheck the allow anonymous connection, it gives me a warning that username and password will be sent via plain text and it can be comprised? is this method really secure? how can I get round it?<br />
<br />
Regards, <br />
kay
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Hi Guys, 

I have an FTP server configured on a windows 2003 OS. 

I read this article on how to secure it:

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/misc_network_security/Secure_FTP_Server.html 

It advises to disable anonymous, when I uncheck the allow anonymous connection, it gives me a warning that username and password will be sent via plain text and it can be comprised? is this method really secure? how can I get round it?

Regards, 
kay

FTP Windows 2003 Server

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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