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e. Allow Read and Write permissions and click Next.
f. Click Finish when done.
4. In the Portal Server, configure the publishing point Name, Source, and FTP Directory to
match the values you used for the publishing point on the Windows Media server.
Add FTP Server
Figure 6. Add FTP Server

Using Secure FTP

In Portal Server v4.2 or higher, VBrick's FTP client supports secure FTP connections from
the end user (client), Portal Server and NVR to the VOD servers. This is accomplished using
FTP over SSL (FTPS protocol). Having a client that supports FTPS however, is not enough
to have secure FTP connections throughout the system. The FTP servers on all VOD servers
also need to support FTPS for a secure connection to exist. If a secure connection cannot be
established, the client will revert to the standard FTP protocol. The FTP server on Windows
platforms (IIS) does not currently support FTPS. Therefore, to have secure connections, you must
install a third-party add-in on all Windows VOD servers. Of the various solutions available,
VBrick recommends FTP Guardian. FTP Guardian is a wrapper for IIS that serves as a proxy
between a secure client and an unsecured IIS. You change the FTP port of IIS to an arbitrary
Note • T he publishing point name within a server must be unique. You cannot add a
publishing point that already exists in MCS database.
• T he publishing point FTP directory within a server must be unique.
• If free spac e information is available at the time a publishing point is added, it must
be greater than the entered Low Space Threshold.
• Publishing points located within another publishing point are not supported
although publishing points on the same drive are supported. For example, two
publishing points with Source c:\pub1 and c:\pub2 are supported but two
publishing points with Source c:\pub1 and c:\pub1\pub2 are not supported.