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Hands-On Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite

You're reading from   Hands-On Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite Use Burp Suite and its features to inspect, detect, and exploit security vulnerabilities in your web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788994064
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dhruv Shah Dhruv Shah
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Riyaz Ahemed Walikar Riyaz Ahemed Walikar
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Carlos A. Lozano Carlos A. Lozano
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring Burp Suite FREE CHAPTER 2. Configuring the Client and Setting Up Mobile Devices 3. Executing an Application Penetration Test 4. Exploring the Stages of an Application Penetration Test 5. Preparing for an Application Penetration Test 6. Identifying Vulnerabilities Using Burp Suite 7. Detecting Vulnerabilities Using Burp Suite 8. Exploiting Vulnerabilities Using Burp Suite - Part 1 9. Exploiting Vulnerabilities Using Burp Suite - Part 2 10. Writing Burp Suite Extensions 11. Breaking the Authentication for a Large Online Retailer 12. Exploiting and Exfiltrating Data from a Large Shipping Corporation 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up Firefox to work with Burp Suite (HTTP and HTTPS)

Firefox has been a hacker favorite for quite some time now. This is largely due to a plethora of add-ons that allow you to extend its features and abilities. One of the primary advantages that Firefox has over other browsers in the industry is its ability to use proxy settings that are not tied with the operating system.

Firefox can be set up to use a specific proxy, even if the operating system has a separate system proxy set. This allows for various tools that require a separate proxy to be used in conjunction with Firefox, while ensuring Firefox does take a separate route.

Remember, no browsers, including Firefox, have separate proxy settings for the private/incognito mode.

To set up proxy options in Firefox, take the following steps:

  1. On Windows, click on the three dashes in the right top corner of any tab and select...
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