For a decomissioning project just recently I had the task to stop Microsoft IIS on Windows Server system.
If you have been into security for a while you know well how many vulnerabilities Microsoft (Internet Information Server) Webserver used to be. Nowadays things with IIS are better but anyways it is better not to use it if possible …
Nomatter what the rason if you need to make IIS stop serving web pages here is how to do it via command line:
At Windows Command Prompt, type:
net stop WAS
If the command returns error message to stop it type:
net stop W3SVC
Just in case you have to start it again run:
net start W3SVC
For those who prefer to do it from GUI interface, launch services.msc command from Windows Run:
> services.msc
In list of services lookup for
IIS Admin Service and HTTP SSL
a) (Click over it with right mouse button -> Properties)
b) Set Startup type to Manual
c) Click Stop Button
You're done now IIS is stopped to make sure it is stopped you can run from cmd.exe:
telnet localhost 80
when not working you should get 'Could not open connection to the host. on port 80: Connection failed' like shown up in screenshot.
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