Windows 2008/IIS 7 allows a secure FTP connection via FTP over SSL. Note that this is not the same as SFTP (FTP via SSH), so you may have to experiment a bit with your FTP client settings to get a secure connection. Our tests were successful with the following.
- Click Open Site Manager
- Click the New Site button and name the site
- Fill in the following fields:
- Change the "Logon Type" to "Normal"
- Host – Enter either your domain name or alternate FTP address. The alternate FTP address can be located in Control Panel
- Username – Enter your FTP username. If using the primary account, the FTP username can be located in Control Panel
- Password – Enter the password for this user. If using the primary FTP user, please use the same password that you use to login to Control Panel
- Change the "Server Type" to "FTPES – FTP over explicit TLS/SSL"
- Click Connect to connect
Note: If you receive an generic "could not connect" error, or in implicit mode see an attempted connection to port 990, you have a configuration error. Please cut and paste the login information from Control Panel to make sure you are supplying the proper credentials.
Article ID: 318, Created On: 11/20/2008, Modified: 8/5/2009