You work as a Network Administrator for Infonet Inc. The company's network has an FTP server. You want to secure the server so that only authorized users can access it. What will you do to…

Question

Options

• ADisable anonymous authentication.
• BStop the FTP service on the server.
• CDisable the network adapter on the server.
• DEnable anonymous authentication.

• A
  82% (23)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  11% (3)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

You will have to disable anonymous authentication. This will prevent unauthorized users from accessing the FTP server. Anonymous authentication (anonymous access) is a method of authentication for Websites. Using this method, a user can establish a Web connection to the IIS server without providing a username and password. Hence, this is an insecure method of authentication. This method is generally used to permit unknown users to access the Web or FTP server directories. Answer: D is incorrect. Enabling anonymous authentication will allow all the users to access the Answer: B is incorrect. Stopping the FTP service on the server will prevent all the users from accessing the FTP server. Answer: C is incorrect. Disabling the network adapter on the FTP server will disconnect the server from the network.

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