Important tools in Kali Linux

Once you have Kali Linux up and running, you can start playing with the tools. Since this book is about web application hacking, all of the major tools on which we will be spending most of our time can be accessed from Applications | Web Application Analysis. The following screenshot shows the tools present in Web Application Analysis:

In Kali Linux, the tools in Web Applications Analysis are further divided into four categories, as listed here:

• CMS & Framework Identification
• Web Application Proxies
• Web Crawlers and Directory Bruteforce
• Web Vulnerability Scanners

CMS & Framework Identification

Content Management Systems (CMS) are very popular on the internet and hundreds of websites...