From: Mark Curphey (mark@curphey.com)
Date: Thu Aug 11 2005 - 11:52:26 EDT
Seems like it would be pretty valuable to publish an independent (not by the
vendors or the vendors consortium) review of performance the web app
scanners. Last time I looked the trial agreements prevented publication of
comparisons and results. I know of a few magazines that would be happy to
publish the results and I would volunteer to organize the testing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ory Segal [mailto:osegal@watchfire.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:16 AM
To: goenw
Cc: pen-test@securityfocus.com; Webappsec
Subject: RE: Application Assessment
Hi,
You should also check: http://www.webappsec.org (Web Application Security
Consortium)
With regards to utilities, you can download the free Watchfire Powertools
(HTTP Proxy, HTTP request editor, etc.), here's the link:
http://www.watchfire.com/securityzone/download/default.aspx
At the same link, you can also download eval versions of Watchfire's AppScan
product (An automated application security scanner).
You can also find basic and advanced whitepapers on the subject at:
http://www.watchfire.com/news/whitepapers.aspx
-Ory
-----Original Message-----
From: Glyn Geoghegan [mailto:glyng@corsaire.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:48 AM
To: goenw
Cc: pen-test@securityfocus.com; Webappsec
Subject: Re: Application Assessment
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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