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RE: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners
From: "Brokken, Allen P." <BrokkenA () missouri edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:25:51 -0500
You might also consider looking at Foundstone's Hacme suite of sites as a compliment to site generator. I've found that in testing scanners each methodology for building a site works different "muscles" in the scanner and having a diverse back drop to test against is important. Also, it has been useful to have someone unfamiliar with the various sites and scanners being tested do the actual scanning. I've found that having an intimate knowledge of the site and scanner can boost individual performance drastically and compared to the same person using different tools on a site they are unfamiliar with. You might consider bringing in classmates who are technical, but unfamiliar with the tools / sites to do at least one round of your testing. Most of the results/studies I've seen are done by highly trained professionals. However, most purchasers of scanners have not risen to that level yet. So a study along those lines would be very useful. Allen Brokken Information Security and Account Management - IAT Services - University of Missouri -brokkena () missouri edu - (573)884-8708 -----Original Message----- From: René Palige [mailto:rwp () gmx de] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:33 PM To: webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners René Palige (Aug 07)
- RE: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Mark Curphey (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Roman H. (Aug 08)
- RE: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Brokken, Allen P. (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Dean H. Saxe (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Gerald Quakenbush (Aug 08)
- RE: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Mark Curphey (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners mikeiscool (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Dean H. Saxe (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners mikeiscool (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Dean H. Saxe (Aug 08)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners c0redump (Aug 09)
- Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners mikeiscool (Aug 09)
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- RE: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners Evans, Arian (Aug 23)
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