Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners

[René Palige <rwp () gmx de>]

Hi!

I?m currently working on my bachelor thesis which is about the development  
of a testsuite for different Web Application Security Scanners. My goal is  
to provide an environment which can be used as a basis for testing and  
evaluating the performance of the many tools already existing.  
Consequently the main part of my work will be to implement different types  
of vulnerabilites in more or less realistic scenarios and with different  
characteristics. At the moment I?m planning to use OWASPs WebGoat as some  
kind of groundwork.
My questions:
Which "features" would you consider to be necessary or useful in this  
context? And what basic requirements do you see which should be met? Would  
it be best to focus on "real-life scenarios"? Or rather to cover as many  
aspects of a special class of vulnerabilities as possible?

Thanks in advance,
R. Palige




-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsored by: Watchfire

Watchfire was recently named the worldwide market leader in Web 
application security assessment tools by both Gartner and IDC. 
Download a free trial of AppScan today and see why more customers choose 
AppScan then any other solution. Try it today!
 
https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/appscancamp.aspx?id=701500000008VnB
--------------------------------------------------------------------------