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3 Ways of blocking sendmail.php on IIS webserver
2021-12-08
Here are 3 ways of blocking access to a PHP sendmail.php script on your Windows Server IIS webserver. This comes in handy if a websites on your webserver sends out spam and you need to block access to a script on a specific website or globally in IIS.
Install and setup IIS Manager for Remote Administration in Windows Server IIS (step by step)
2021-04-22
Use IIS Manager to administer various components of your website through a graphical user interface (GUI) if it's hosted in Windows Server IIS. In this article you'll learn how to install and setup IIS Manager in Windows 11/10 to manage your website(s).
Basic Authentication module for Windows Server IIS 10
2020-09-24
HTTP Basic Authentication managed module for IIS enables HTTP Basic Authentication with virtual user support in Windows Server IIS.
IIS 10.0 FTP IP Security allow list
2020-01-21
In this post I'll show you how to configure an IP allow list for IIS FTP Server using PowerShell, iisadministration and webadministration modules.
How to install IIS URL Rewrite Module on Windows Server 2016 & IIS 10
2016-05-30
When you start to play with Windows Server 2016 and IIS 10, you'll get an error when you try to install the IIS URL Rewrite Module in IIS. The error occurs because the URL Rewrite Module installer contains an invalid version check for the IIS being used. Here is how to install IIS URL Rewrite Module 2 in IIS 10...
AppCmd introduction and examples
2016-05-17
The AppCmd.exe command is your one-stop-shop for administering Windows Server IIS web servers. In combination with WinRM it is your Swiss Army knife for your daily routine. This post introduces appcmd and provides you with a lot of helpful appcmd examples.
Deny vulnerable WordPress plugins using Windows Server File Server Resource Manager’s File Screens
2016-01-31
Using Windows Server File Server Resource Manager‘s File Screens you can block vulnerable WordPress plugins from being uploaded to your IIS web server. In the following example, you'll learn how to block WP DB Backup plugin system-wide on Windows Server, read on…
How to block BaiduSpider bot User-Agent?
2015-08-08
The Baidu spider (BaiduSpider user agent) can be a real pain to block, especially since it does not respect a robots.txt as it should. This post shows you how to block Baidu Spider bot, using IIS URL Rewrite Module based on its User-Agent string.
How to enable HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) on IIS
2015-06-06
Set up HTTP Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) response header in Windows Server IIS 10, here is some more technical information about HSTS in IIS, and other security headers...
Remove IIS Server version HTTP Response Header
2014-07-06
Windows Server IIS loves to tell the world that a website runs on IIS. It does so with the "Server:" header in the HTTP response, as shown below. In this post I'll show you how to remove HTTP response headers in Windows Server IIS. You don't want to give hackers too much information about your servers, right?.
How to install the Web-WebSockets feature in IIS using PowerShell
2014-05-27
Easily enable support for the WebSocket protocol on Windows Server IIS by installing the Web-WebSockets feature using PowerShell. Learn how to install WebSocket Protocol support in Windows Server IIS 8.0.
IIS Outbound Rules with gzip compression
2014-05-13
Gzip compression conflicts with IIS Outbound Rules resulting in HTTP 500.52 URL Rewrite Module Error. Here is how to resolve this.
Convert .htaccess to web.config
2013-02-08
This post describes some of the IIS URL Rewrite Module web.config equivalents of commonly used Apache .htaccess settings. You'll learn how to translate .htaccess content to IIS web.config, this is useful when you need to migrate your website from Apache to Windows Server IIS.
“The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value”
2012-09-23
The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value is an IIS error telling you the length of the given URL exceeds a limit (...).