User's Manual

Chapter 9
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Anonymous FTP Access
Anonymous access is not required by the CM500 IP
and in general should be avoided. Although your site is
not publicized, malicious Internet users will find it. We
strongly recommend not allowing anonymous access.
Even with user name and password protection, the
information on your server is not secure. Be sure that
no sensitive or confidential information is stored on
this server.
Figure 9-2
Enabling anonymous FTP access allows people to connect to
your server by simply sending “anonymous” as their logon name
and an arbitrary password. This is the least secure form of access
that can be allowed, and should be used with caution.
Caution: When enabling anonymous FTP access, users will
be able to view files below the specified root directory.
Be sure that these directories only contain files you
wish to share with users.
To enable anonymous access, check the Allow Anonymous
Logon box. Then check each of the access rights you wish to
grant anonymous users. Check Read Permission to allow
anonymous users to view and retrieve files in your FTP server
directories. Check Write Permission to allow anonymous users