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Burp Suite Essentials

You're reading from   Burp Suite Essentials Discover the secrets of web application pentesting using Burp Suite, the best tool for the job

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783550111
Length 144 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Akash Mahajan Akash Mahajan
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

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

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...
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Burp Suite Essentials
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