Thank you for your input.
>IMO more the other way around: If you have a Box in a DeMilitarized Zone, accessing that server from both sides only via FTP is safer than having HTTPS server there as well.
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>If you need to have HTTPS server running, yes probably minimally safer if disabled FTP(S) as there is HTTP get and set for files - dunno how much is mapped to identical OS routines in deeper OS levels.
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>If the box is not seen from the Internet, trust your security (famous last words, I know)
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>>I am enabling IIS on a Windows 10 computer. When adding Internet Information Services I have the branch FTP Server which consists of FTP Extensibility and FTP Service.
>>I am trying to decide if I need these on my Windows 10. I will use this PC for developing and testing ASP.NET app.
>>I read online that FTP server is used for uploading and downloading from anywhere to your computer.
>>But could this cause a security breach too?
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