Re: Hosting a FTP server

Why do you want to put it in a DMZ? If all the clients on the inside of your
network, they are trusted and you can put the FTP server on the inside with
them.


"Maurice Bishop" <Maurice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The 55 clients are all on the LAN, behind a NAT router. Each client is
running DHCP off one of the Windows 2003 servers and has their default
gateway pointing to the NAT router.

My concern is that adminisration of the FTP server running Windows 2003
will
be a burden, if it is not part of the domain.

Is this a balance of risk versus administrative overhead.

In principle, should I be running a Windows 2003 server on a DMZ as part
of
the domain on the LAN?

TX in advance

Maurice

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NO, it should not be part of the domain!!!

Are the 55 clients on the 'outside' or on your LAN? Your post is a bit
confusing.

"Maurice Bishop" <Maurice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a need to host a FTP server on a LAN with approximately 55
clients.

All of the clients need to access the FTP server to read and write.

Rather than open port 21 on the NAT firewall and forward the traffic
onto
a
local LAN IP address (insecure), I plan to put the FTP server on the
router
DMZ (secure).

As the DMZ is designed to let LAN traffic access the machine on the DMZ,
but
deny access from the FTP server onto the LAN, what is the correct way to
setup the FTP server?

Presently, the FTP server is loaded with Windows 2003 Sever R2 and is
part
of the Windows 2003 domain, off the DMZ.

Should the FTP server be a member of the Windows 2003 domain?

TX for help in advance

Maurice








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