[thelist] Secure FTP

[Ken Schaefer]

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: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Keith
: Subject: Re: [thelist] Secure FTP
: 
: At 04:07 AM Sunday 7/3/2005, you wrote:
: 
: >Jason Handby wrote:
: >>>I've got a customer asking for "secure ftp" to our server.
: >>>
: >>>Is there an off-the-shelf package for windows that'll provide this
: service?
: 
: If you already have a secure certificate for the site 
: and FrontPage Extensions running you already have 
: what you need.
: 
<snip>
: When you open it Explorer logs in to the web folder 
: on the site and morphs into an FTP client. Viola, 
: you have secure File Transfer using the https
: protocol.
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FWIW:

This is actually WebDAV over HTTPS, not FTP.

And it doesn't require FPSE on the server either - IIS 5 and 6 both support
WebDAV without requiring FPSE to be installed/enabled.

Cheers
Ken

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