Steps taken During a Web App Pentest

[infolookup at gmail.com (infolookup at gmail.com)]

Thanks for the feed back so far anyone else wants to state what testing framework or tools the are using preferably 
open source.

Once I am finish the initial testing my next steps will be to lock it done, configure some sort of self sign cert for 
apache to use ssl instead of the native http for starters.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Johan Peder M?ller <johan at johans.dk>

Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:53:49 
To: <infolookup at gmail.com>; PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List<pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com>
Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Steps taken During a Web App Pentest


Hi

Given your "no buget" constraint, I'd go with something like OWASP Live CD (
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Live_CD_Project).

If you have a basic understanding of how web appls work, and how to attack
them this should give you a starting point. As for the completeness of
scannings I can't say. I myself is in the process of evaluating.

rgds
Johan M?ller


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:55 PM, <infolookup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> I am task with doing a basic web app pentest of a server that we are about
> to given external users access too.
>
> Background:
>
> I work for a university no security department, no budget to hire a
> auditor.
>
> We are about to put one of our training servers on our DMZ this way Faculty
> and Staff members can access it from home for  Microsoft and other
> application video tutorials.
>
>
> Since my boss is aware that I am interested in infosec I was given the
> green light to test the app/server and report back anything that can aid in
> locking it down.
>
> Question:
>
> Since there are so much tools and ways to go about this I would like to
> know how do others go about a web app pentest, don't have to give away any
> trade secrets  :)-.
>
> I am just looking for an efficient way to go about this!
>
>
> Specs:
>
> OS: Windows 2003 running in a VMware, ESX 3.5.
>
> Application:  Training package, with a bundled windows version of a LAMP
> setup.
>
> Acess Method: http.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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