[WinMac] Re: Security on an NT Web Server

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 01 Jan 1999 16:00:11 -0500

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        I just got home after a 31 hour battle with an Exchange server, so I'll
answer you in detail tomorrow after I get some sleep. But the short answer
is that your pee-cee tech guy is full of it, because of encrypted passwords.

        BTW, is your NT box running NT/Workstation, or NT/Server? That can make a
difference with security.

        More later,
        Dan Schwartz

At 11:06 AM 12/31/98 -0500, Richard wrote:
>I subscribe to a number of lists but I suspect that this one is the best
>bet for an answer that I can use.
>
>At work, our Web server is running NT4 as the OS. We have both Microsoft
>Internet Information Server which has the Front Page Server v. 4.00.5000
>and Cold Fusion Server 4.0 Currently, we're running the Front Page Server
>as the web server software. I believe the MIIS package also includes a
>basic FTP setup.
>
>My questions are about security. At home I use a Macintosh and I need to be
>able to work from home a day or two a week performing Web site updates. Our
>tech guy is MS all the way and tells me that there is no secure way for me
>to FTP updates to the Web server from outside our LAN. Is this so?
>
>I am also told that I cannot access my Web master email account from
>outside because that involves sending a username and password which could
>be snooped and then used to get into the server. Is this so?
>
>My goal is simple--I just want to be able to work offsite from time to time
>without compromising our Web site security.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Richard Hussey
>
>
>
>
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