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Burp Suite Essentials

Burp Suite Essentials: Discover the secrets of web application pentesting using Burp Suite, the best tool for the job

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Burp Suite Essentials

Chapter 2. Configuring Browsers to Proxy through Burp

The Burp Suite Proxy tool is an intercepting proxy. An intercepting proxy intercepts all the traffic that is sent toward it from a client and all the resulting responses from the server as well.

The primary job of the Burp Suite Proxy tool is to intercept regular web traffic, which goes over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and with additional configuration, encrypted HTTP (HTTPS) traffic as well. All of this to make it easy for you to see all interactions and data that goes to and come from the web server. If you can see what is happening in terms of requests and responses, you can test the website security using various techniques and approaches available to you.

Burp Suite can be used to intercept any client-server communication that goes over HTTP. The most common web clients are the web browsers that users like you and me use. There are other software capable of crafting and working with HTTP requests, such as curl and...

Configuring widely used browsers to proxy through Burp Suite

In this section, you will see how to configure commonly used browsers to proxy through Burp Suite.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

The following simple steps allow us to configure Microsoft Internet Explorer ready to be used with Burp Suite:

  1. Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on Tools in the main menu bar.
  3. Click on Internet Options and choose the Connections tab:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer
  4. Click on LAN settings, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer
  5. Check Use a proxy server for your LAN.
  6. Add localhost as the hostname and 8080 as the port number, as shown in the following screenshot:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer
  7. The address localhost and the port 8080 are the default values Burp Suite uses once it is started. You will have an opportunity to change this to something else later.
  8. At this point, once you click on OK, you have successfully configured Microsoft Internet Explorer to use Burp Suite as your interception proxy server.
  9. You can verify this by going to http://burp in your newly configured...

Summary

We successfully intercepted traffic from our browser to Burp Suite. This allows Burp Suite to see each and every request that leaves our browser. For our toolchain, we can use Firefox with the FoxyProxy Standard add-on and ensure that only selective traffic can be sent to Burp Suite. We also configured Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox to proxy traffic through Burp Suite and now, we are ready to go ahead.

The next logical step is to set the scope for our security assessment. While doing assessments, sometimes we need to go through white-listed IP addresses using upstream proxies with Burp. We will cover that in the next chapter.

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If you are interested in learning how to test web applications and the web part of mobile applications using Burp, then this is the book for you. It is specifically designed to meet your needs if you have basic experience in using Burp and are now aiming to become a professional Burp user.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with the userdriven workflow so that you can test any kind of web application
  • Get acquainted with the use of each of the components in Burpa?”Target, Proxy, Intruder, Scanner, and Repeater
  • Search, extract, and match patterns for requests and responses using response extraction rules, URLmatching rules, and Grep Match
  • Set up and test SSLenabled applications without any errors
  • Intercept SSL traffic from all kinds of web and mobile applications
  • Develop customized Burp Extensions to suit your needs using Java, Python, and Ruby

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
1. Getting Started with Burp Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Configuring Browsers to Proxy through Burp Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Setting the Scope and Dealing with Upstream Proxies Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. SSL and Other Advanced Settings Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 1 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Searching, Extracting, Pattern Matching, and More Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Using Engagement Tools and Other Utilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Using Burp Extensions and Writing Your Own Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Saving Securely, Backing Up, and Other Maintenance Activities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Resources, References, and Links Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Vivek Mohan Aug 07, 2018
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I would highly recommend this book for anyone getting started with Burp Suite, and web application security testing. Extremely well written, this book systematically covers the essentials of the tool, right from configuration to using Burp Suite as a power user. A must have in your library.
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Michael F. Sterrett Mar 21, 2015
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Burp Suite Essentials guides you through initial setup/configuration of Burp Suite through becoming a power user. A must read for anybody wanting to use Burp Suite for pentesting or CTF competitions.
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