ftp services on a iis

[Neil_Taylor]

How do solve the following problem on IIS which we are using as an intranet server. It is possible to change HTTP to ftp eg [webmasterworld.com...] to ftp://www.webmasterworld.com and then download the page that you are viewing how do you stop this.

Any help you could give me would gratefully received

[DaveAtIFG]

Hello Neil_Taylor, welcome to WmW! We're pleased you decided to join us and I swear we're not ignoring you! ;) I'll bring your question up in the moderators area and see if we can find you some help. OK?

[Xoc]

You might try blocking port 21 on the web server or firewall. In Win2000, this can be done in the Network settings.

1. Open Control Panel
   
2. Select Network and Dial-up Connections
   
3. Select Local Area Connection
   
4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
   
5. Click Properties
   
6. Click Advanced
   
7. Select the Options tab
   
8. Select TCP/IP Filtering
   
9. Turn on the ports that you want to allow. For the web server that should be port 80, and any other ports you need.
   

This, by the way, is how to create a mini-firewall at an IIS machine.

[txbakers]

Hi Neil:

I avoided the FTP on IIS entirely by using the Bullet Proof FTP server. I like it much better than the IIS.

[Xoc]

On reexamining your question, maybe you just need to stop the FTP server in Internet Information Services manager.

[Neil_Taylor]

Thanks for your help.

[supernat]

If I read your question right, you're saying that you can change http to ftp and dowload that particular page that you were viewing? That means that your ftp default directory has been set to your www default directory. One solution as stated is to just stop the ftp server. The other solution is to change your ftp starting directory to an empty directory. That can be done under properties of the FTP server in IIS.