From: Glyn Geoghegan (glyng@corsaire.com)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 21:47:58 EDT
On 8 Aug 2005, at 12:53, goenw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> anybody have experience with application assessment ? I am a
> network guy, dont know much about the apps PT.
> 1. is there any tools that allow me to do the assessment throughly ?
If you're talking web-applications, check out www.owasp.org for a
wealth of information on the subject. You may also want to take a
look at the webappsec mailing list at www.securityfocus.com.
Typically, the kind of tools you'll need are the personal-proxy
category, allowing you to intercept and modify communications between
the client and server - see Paros Proxy, Odysseus and Burp Proxy, for
example.
There are fully automated tools, but in my personal experience the
manual approach has worked more effectively.
Fat client/binary assessment is a slightly different (and arguably
more complex) beast, and probably off-topic for this list.
> 2. should i have external party conduct this, what are the things i
> should expect from them (success criteria) ?
> any comments are appriciated.
That depends on how confident you are with your abilities, the
drivers for the assessment and a wealth of factors. Normally, some
coding or development background is essential to identify and
understand potential vulnerabilities.
Check out www.application-testing.com for our guide on the world of
Application Security Assessments.
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