Building a Simple FTP Server in Windows for Security Monitoring Practice

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Learn to set up a simple FTP server in Windows using IIS for security monitoring practice

intermediate Published 16 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Install Internet Information Services (IIS) on your Windows machine
  2. Configure IIS to enable FTP server
  3. Set up FTP site settings and permissions
  4. Test FTP connection using an FTP client
  5. Monitor FTP server activity for security testing purposes
Who Needs to Know This

Security professionals and SOC teams can benefit from this tutorial to practice security monitoring and testing scenarios

Key Insight

💡 Setting up an FTP server in Windows can be useful for security monitoring and testing scenarios

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