Event ID 10120 — Listener Availability
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
The Listener is a component of the WinRM service that indicates to the service which IP addresses and ports to listen on for WS-Management related requests. Users can create one or more listeners.
Event Details
Product: | Windows Operating System |
ID: | 10120 |
Source: | Microsoft-Windows-WinRM |
Version: | 6.1 |
Symbolic Name: | LOG_WSMAN_SERVICE_UNSECURE_HTTP_CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED |
Message: | The WinRM service has received an unsecure HTTP connection from %1. This is not a secure configuration. User Action Set AllowUnencrypted to False in WinRM configuration to ensure packets are encrypted on the wire. |
Resolve
Create HTTPS listener
Configure an HTTPS listener in the WinRM service. A HTTPS listener uses a certificate and packets are encrypted. Type winrm quickconfig https to create a HTTPS listener.
Verify
Use the winrm command line tool to create a request to the WinRM service to verify that the service is listening on the network.
To make a request, type winrm get winrm/config -r:<computer>, where computer is the name of the remote computer where the winrm service is running.