ISA Web Proxy filter failed to bind its socket to port 443
Issue
When starting ISA services or restarting a server, ISA may be unable to bind to port 443.
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Microsoft ISA Server Web Proxy
Event ID: 14148
Description:
The Web Proxy filter failed to bind its socket to 192.168.1.1 port 443. This may have been caused by another service that is already using the same port or by a network adapter that is not functional. To resolve this issue, restart the Microsoft Firewall service. The error code specified in the data area of the event properties indicates the cause of the failure.
NETSTAT reveals it is the SYSTEM process (PID 4)
C:\>netstat -ano
Active Connections
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID
...
TCP 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4
...
Process Explorer doesn't show any unusual third party process that may be causing the issue.
Resolution
This can be caused by installing products such as Certificate Services which create bindings for port 443 in IIS. IIS loads before ISA, so takes control of port 443.
To find out if IIS has any bindings to port 443 use one of the following methods:
C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts>cscript //nologo adsutil.vbs get w3svc/1/securebindings
C:\>find ":443:" C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml
An example of a 443 binding:
<IIsWebServer Location="/LM/W3SVC/1" AppPoolId="DefaultAppPool" DefaultDoc="Default.aspx,Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm,iisstart.htm" LogPluginClsid="{FF160663-DE82-11CF-BC0A-00AA006111E0}" SecureBindings=":443:" ServerAutoStart="TRUE" ServerBindings=":80:" ServerComment="Default Web Site" ServerSize="1" />
To remove all secure bindings run the following commands:
C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts>cscript //nologo adsutil.vbs delete w3svc/1/securebindings
deleted property "securebindings"
C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts>iisreset
Attempting stop...
Internet services successfully stopped
Attempting start...
Internet services successfully restarted
Now restarting the Microsoft Firewall service should result in the published website being available.
Products
Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 SP3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (any)
Created: 19th January 2012
Updated: 19th January 2012
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