Re: Does IIS support SFTP?

I too have been struggling with this issue. WHY WHY WHY no FTPS in IIS 6?
The security issues were well known well before that....

Here's a guide for using SSH to set up SFTP on Windows.
http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows

The problem is, that bumps the user-sophistication level up to "nightmare
tech support problems" level and a lot of software packages don't connect
natively (i.e. DreamWeaver, Expressions Web) so you end up having to
manipulate files, save them locally, then use some other method to transfer
to the server.

"Alun Jones" <alun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"tl" <tl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sure enough:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/310/whats-new-for-microsoft-and-ftp/
contains
the welcome words:

"To clarify, Microsoft offers an FTPS solution. SFTP typically involves
using FTP over SSH. Microsoft does not provide any solution for securing
FTP
traffic that uses an implementation of SSH. "

Technically speaking, that statement is wrong.

SFTP has nothing whatsoever to do with FTP, except that they both move
files.

SFTP is an add-on component to an SSH solution. It adds file transfers to
an existing SSH session.

FTP is all about file transfer, with no capability to run shell code like
SSH. FTPS is adding a secure layer using SSL or TLS to an existing FTP
session.

It may seem like a subtle distinction, but it does make the two completely
independent and incompatible.

If you use "Secure FTP" to mean "FTP that has been secured", then you will
be looking for FTPS. If you mean "I just want to transfer files
encrypted", then you are looking for FTPS, WebDAV, SFTP, SCP, HTTPS, and
probably a couple of dozen other protocols that can encrypt files in
transit.

Alun.
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