Information Security Knowledge Blog by Vinesh Redkar

Information Security Knowledge Blog by Vinesh Redkar

Hide the IIS Version: Disable Version Disclosure for 8.0/8.5

PublishedJuly 31, 2015

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This guide explains how to hide or replace the IIS server banner (version information) in IIS 8.0 and 8.5 using the URL Rewrite module.

Step 1:
Install the latest version of Microsoft Web Platform Installer (https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx/).
Step 2:
Install URL Rewrite 2.0 using Web Platform Installer on the server.

Step 3:
After installation of same, URL Rewrite starts appearing in IIS Manager.

Step 4:
Add the Outbound Rule using URL Rewrite, to replace the Response Banner to custom banner.

Step 5:
Else we can add the below shown code in web.config file also.

Thanks to my friend:
Pralhad Chaskar(c0d3xpl0it)‏
http://c0d3xpl0it.blogspot.ae/

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