Anonymous Write Permissions Enabled?

How come the permissions manager shows that anonymous users are allowed Write permission on the root of the web (htdocs) by default? When I change the permission for Write from "Allow" to "Deny" and leave Read set to "Allow" I am prompted for a user name when I try to browse the site.

It seems disabling anonymous Write access also disables anonymous Read access, but what I am worried about most is that leaving the Write permissions set to "Allow" will give anonymous users the ability to upload/modify/etc files.
Is this something I should worry about or is it a beta glitch in the web form's display or something else that I am missing?

Thanks

 

I am looking for a response to this as well. Hopefully, this will be resolved before my first 30 days are up...

Keith Payne
Technical Marketing Solutions