Task 6
FTP server is an application that run the FTP. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a protocol that use TCP/IP connection to transmit files between computers (client and server) on the internet. Briefly FTP is an internet services that helps to establish the connection to a server or computer. In order to access the FTP server the client need to be connected to the internet via LAN, modem or any other transmission media. Most commonly FTP vulnerability such as Bounce Attack, Spoof Attack, Packet sniffing, Port Stealing and Username protection where it can be easily read by anonymous who can perform packet sniffing on the network, may lead to the security risks that can expose the confidential information outside the enterprise. Even though the security risk seems no ending but it can be minimize by taking a precaution to prevent future security breaches on FTP server.…show more content… You can disable the anonymous access to your files or limit the anonymous users to download the files only on your server. Anonymous users are not allowed to upload any files and put it into any directory on the FTP server. You also should not allow the entire disk to be shared.
Disabling write access, restrict the unauthorized users to change, delete and rewrite the file in the directories. Only authorize users with password can change any files in the directories. If you want the anonymous user to write any files, you can set up your FTP as blind put where the anonymous users can write the file without accessing your FTP directories.
Enable Logging, keep track of the IP address of the users who access your site. You can analyze the log to see the traffic patterns or any suspicious activities done by the anonymous or real
