You can set up an iSeries™ File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server for graphical
FTP clients, Web browsers, and Web tools.
The TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities licensed program comes with TCP/IP FTP
servers configured. When you start TCP/IP, the FTP server starts simultaneously.
Before you configure an FTP server on the Internet, you should review these
safeguards to protect your data:
- Use a firewall between your iSeries server and the Internet.
- Use a non-production iSeries for your FTP server.
- Do not attach the FTP server to the rest of your company's Local Area
Networks (LANs) or Wide Area Network (WANs).
- Use FTP exit programs to secure access to the FTP server.
- Test FTP exit programs once a month to ensure that they do not contain
security loopholes.
- Do not allow anonymous FTP users to have read and write access to the
same directory. This permits the anonymous user to be untraceable on the Internet.
- Log all access to your iSeries FTP server and review the logs daily or weekly
for possible attacks.
- Verify that the correct exit programs are registered for the FTP server
once a month.
- Review Secure FTP for information about securing your iSeries FTP
server.