IIS and webserver question

[Guest]

Hi all,

I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. Basically, what I'm
trying to do is use IIS to create a FTP site that others, namely a few
friends, can access from their homes and download/upload files. Would I need
to create accounts for them in AD and then have them access via a VPN or what?


Thanks in advance!

Happy Holidays to all.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

How about a Secure Shell (SSH) server running on the W2003 server box and
let the users access with WinSCP (a free SFTP client). The SSH tunnel is
encrypted, safe and secure. Create a special "RemoteFtpUser" account with a
private/public key pair, give that information to your friends (and only to
them) and they can transfer files to/from a commonly accessible folder on
your server box. You could also create individual accounts if desired...

CopSSH (the SSH server)...

http://tinyurl.com/5sfzf

Private/public key help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/Private-publicKey.html

The WinSCP client...

http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

Others can speak to IIS and FTP and I am sure have different suggestions...

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[kenny]

sounds to me like tha technical jargon they use on STARTREK

"How about a secure feild emmiter running on the W2303 Box array and let the
ihabitants access the warp core with a SSH positron tunnel effect, encrypted
and secure by the captains security codes .......... "

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

LOL...

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[Guest]

Thanks for the post Sooner,

What I'm trying to do doesn't require that strict of a security setup. Just
some mp3's and such. Would what I described work? You know, the VPN and the
user accounts?


PS. LOL Kenny Make it so!

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Sure... I would post to the...

microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory
microsoft.public.windows.server.general

...or the...

microsoft.public.windows.server.networking

....news group for additional help however since this is really a Windows
2003 Server issue.

You know that you can use SSH with a password for authentication versus a
private/public key. I would, however, use a strong password...

Good luck...

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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