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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

Scope and Burp Suite tools


Almost all the tools follow the scope. Most of the tools might offer more granular options over and above the Suite's scope. From Burp's application documentation, the following are the advantages of these tools:

  • You can set display filters for the target site map and Proxy HTTP history. This allows us to focus on the task at hand, and everything else is kept hidden away.

  • The Proxy can be configured to only intercept in-scope items—a highly desirable option in my opinion.

  • Only in-scope items for spidering or live scanning in the scanner can be done.

Since most of the time, the activities that we carry out are undistinguishable from regular web attacks, it is extremely important to only attack targets that we want to without any shred of doubt. The target scope allows us to be precise just like that.

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