Re: Windows 2000 Server: Allow SMB, disable NetBios for Windows File Transfer ?

From: Nasko Oskov (oskov@students.uiuc.edu)
Date: 12/13/02 

From: oskov@students.uiuc.edu (Nasko Oskov)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:02:39 GMT

Todd <bacile99@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>As I understand it, FTP requires a separate service to run on the
>server. Microsoft's FTP service is part of IIS and I could enable it
>to use FTP. However, I want to lock-down this server as tight as
>possible by running as few services as possible. As I see it, the
>disadvantage of FTP as opposed to SMB in this specific environment is
>that FTP requires configuration and maintenance of a whole other
>service, while SMB is a built-in piece of Windows. Wouldn't you
>agree?

No. If you really need to lock down a system, disable SMB and install
*secure* FTP server (one that has better history in the past) and
lock it down. IIS is evil, do not use it. 

-- 
Nasko Oskov - CS Major                SIGMil CoChair
College of Engineering UIUC           
"A hacker does for love what others would not do for money."

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