Microsoft rewrote the FTP service for Windows Server 2008 and above. This updated FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options.
The FTP 7.5 service ships as a feature for IIS 7.5 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The FTP 7.0 and FTP 7.5 services were shipped out-of-band for IIS 7.0, which required downloading and installing the service from the following URL: http://www.iis.net/download/FTP.
Some Of The Security and Deployment options Available On FTP 7.5
- Integration with IIS: IIS has a new administration interface and configuration store, and the new FTP service is tightly integrated with this design. The old IIS 6.0 metabase is gone, and the updated configuration store based on the .NET XML-based *.config format took its place. In addition, IIS has an updated administration tool, and the new FTP server plugs seamlessly into that paradigm.
- Support for new Internet standards: One of the most significant features in the updated FTP server is support for FTP over SSL. The FTP server also supports other Internet improvements such as UTF8 and IPv6.
- Shared hosting improvements: By fully integrating into IIS, the updated FTP server makes it possible to host FTP and Web content from the same site by simply adding an FTP binding to an existing Web site. In addition, the FTP server has virtual host name support, making it possible to host multiple FTP sites on the same IP address. The FTP server also has improved user isolation, making it possible to isolate users through per-user virtual directories.
- Custom authentication providers: The updated FTP server supports authentication using non-Windows accounts for IIS Managers and .NET Membership.
- Improved logging support: FTP logging was enhanced to include all FTP-related traffic, unique tracking for FTP sessions, FTP sub-statuses, additional detail fields in FTP logs, and much more.
- New supportability features: IIS has the option to display detailed error messages for local users, and the FTP server supports this by providing detailed error responses when logging on locally to an FTP server. The FTP server also logs detailed information using Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), which provides additional detailed information for troubleshooting.
- Extensible feature set: FTP supports extensibility that allows you to extend the built-in functionality that ships with the FTP service. More specifically, there is support for creating your own authentication and authorization providers. You can also create providers for custom FTP logging and for determining the home directory information for your FTP users.
