On 26 Jun 2004 12:31:12 -0700, sbben@comcast.net (sbben) wrote:

>Is it possible to set up user accounts with passwords on IIS that are
>separate from the accounts for my computer?

>From what I heard (and
>correct me if I'm wrong) using accounts with ISS is a very large
>security risk since if the unencrypted info is sniffed out, my entire
>system could be compromised, let alone my FTP. Is this true?

>Is it
>possible to have accounts for individual users that, if the data was
>intercepted, the most one could do is access these folders that I
>wanted to be password protected.

>The information I want to protect is
>not extremely sensitive, I simply want to be able to read and write
>files to my FTP without have anonymous read and write allowed. I heard
>third party software such as u-serve is capable of this, Is ISS?

"sbben" <sbben@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:24cecc8b.0406261131.7d88aa08@posting.google.com...
> Is it possible to set up user accounts with passwords on IIS that are
> separate from the accounts for my computer? From what I heard (and
> correct me if I'm wrong) using accounts with ISS is a very large
> security risk since if the unencrypted info is sniffed out, my entire
> system could be compromised, let alone my FTP. Is this true? Is it
> possible to have accounts for individual users that, if the data was
> intercepted, the most one could do is access these folders that I
> wanted to be password protected. The information I want to protect is
> not extremely sensitive, I simply want to be able to read and write
> files to my FTP without have anonymous read and write allowed. I heard
> third party software such as u-serve is capable of this, Is ISS?
>
> Thank you,