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FTP Firewall Settings, Active vs. Passive, and FTPS Explicit vs. Implicit-Week 47
You can find this week’s video here . Have you ever wondered what FTP Active mode or Passive mode means? Do you have a good understanding of the FTP data channel or control channel? It can be difficult to fully understand FTP, which firewall ports to...
Flush IIS HTTP and FTP Logs to Disk
Today I wanted to find a way to flush the IIS FTP logs on-demand.  The logs for IIS FTP flush to disk every 6 minutes, and the HTTP logs every 1 minute (or 64kb).  This can make troubleshooting difficult when you don’t receive immediate access...
Posted: Feb 03 2012, 11:11 PM by OWScott | with 1 comment(s)
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IIS FTP User Isolation-Week 46
You can find this week’s video here . I’ve been looking forward to releasing this week’s video.  IIS FTP User isolation is an interesting topic because it offers a lot of power and flexibility but it’s not very intuitive because of how it’s managed...
Redirecting Non-www to Domain Equivalent
A question came up on a blog post of mine on how to redirect a domain name that doesn’t have www in it while retaining the original domain name.  Basically, to have a generic redirect to add on a www if it’s not already there. For example, how could...
Posted: Jan 05 2012, 10:00 AM by OWScott | with 9 comment(s)
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IIS FTP and IIS Manager Users-Week 45
You can find this week’s video here . IIS FTP supports a new type of user called IIS Manager Users. This type of user can be used instead of Windows Local or Active Directory Users. They are useful if you want to manage a number of FTP users but don’t...
Posted: Jan 04 2012, 09:27 AM by OWScott | with no comments
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Accepting Questions for Web Pro Series Q&A
If you’ve been following my 52-week series you most likely noticed that we’re nearing the end.  This evening, for example, I’m recording week 47.  Predrag Tomasevic (see developer related articles he’s written) sent me an email and made a suggestion...
IIS FTP Basics–Week 44
You can find this week’s video here . The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) protocol has been in wide use for years and is still widely used today. It's used for transferring files between locations and practically useful for deployment websites from a dev...
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 12:51 PM by OWScott | with no comments
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IIS 7.x Classic and Integrated Pipeline Modes-Week 43
You can find this week’s video here . IIS 7 has two application pool pipeline modes: Classic and Integrated. Using Integrated mode is the ideal since it allows forms authentication for all types of page requests—not just ASP.NET pages—has tighter integration...
Setting an aspnet.config File per Application Pool
The aspnet.config file is a little known config file which is supported by ASP.NET 2.0 and greater.  Generally it lives in the root of the framework folder, for example: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet.config C:\Windows\Microsoft...
Posted: Dec 01 2011, 12:32 PM by OWScott | with no comments
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Change Password vs. Reset Password-Week 42
You can find this week’s video here . The differences between change password and reset password are not well known. This week's video walks through the differences and shows them in action. Tune in to find out more about password management. It wasn...
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