On an internal IIS 5 server, I have FTP setup. It is NOT an anonymous FTP, I require the user to have domain credentials to use it. On the FTProot folder on the IIS box, I only allow READ access to my users (in IIS 5, FTProot has read, write, log and anonymous is disabled). I then have a virtual directory for FTP that is named the same as the username, and give them read, write, log permission in IIS and FULL NTFS rights. The SYSTEM account has READ NTFS access on the FTProot folder and FULL NTFS access on the username virtual folder. (In addition to the username having full access - any other accounts I need?) I published the server on ISA 2000 and was able to connect and up/download fine. Then I installed Windows Software Update Services which installed the IIS lockdown software. Since then I can no longer connect to the FTP site. So I removed the FTP from that IIS box, and set it up on a different internal IIS server, the same way. I still cannot connect. I keep getting this ISA Alert intermittently - "Server publishing rule [FTP Server] that maps (internal IP):21 TCP to (external IP):21 for protocol [FTP Server] was applied successfully. This rule previously failed, but now completed successfully." On my FTP software (which worked fine before), it says "Connecting to (external IP):21" then "Connected to (external IP):21" then after 15-20 seconds it says "Failed to connect to (internet dns name)" Any ideas? I have stopped the published rule and restarted it, stopped and restarted the Firewall service, stopped and restarted the entire ISA service, etc. I can connect to it internally fine. If I VPN in to my network, I can connect to it fine. I just can no longer connect to FTP from the outside. Did IIS lockdown software affect ALL internal IIS 5 servers or just the one the SUS was installed on? Thanx, Tom Rogers Systems Administrator Schneider Packaging Equipment 315-676-3035 ext 108 315-676-2875 Fax <http://www.schneiderequip.com/> http://www.schneiderequip.com mailto:trogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream..." ==================================