FTP Site Properties

You probably already have a lot of experience configuring the FTP Site tab in the Properties dialog box of the FTP virtual server, so this chapter covers only two of the configuration options on that page: IP Address and TCP Port. The IP Address option allows for FTP virtual servers, a configuration available only in Internet Information Server 4 and Internet Information Services 5. The TCP Port option allows for custom configuration not often used. Because of these capabilities, these topics warrant discussion in this book. If you need a review of the dialog box, see Figure 6.2.

Figure 6.2. The IP Address and TCP Port options allow for FTP site customization and minimal security enhancements.

IP Address

The capability to ...

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