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Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook

You're reading from   Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook Hacking tactics, techniques, and procedures for testing web applications and APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817332
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nestor Torres Nestor Torres
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Ahmed Almoailu Ahmed Almoailu
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with OWASP Zed Attack Proxy 2. Chapter 2: Navigating the UI FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Configuring, Crawling, Scanning, and Reporting 4. Chapter 4: Authentication and Authorization Testing 5. Chapter 5: Testing of Session Management 6. Chapter 6: Validating (Data) Inputs – Part 1 7. Chapter 7: Validating (Data) Inputs – Part 2 8. Chapter 8: Business Logic Testing 9. Chapter 9: Client-Side Testing 10. Chapter 10: Advanced Attack Techniques 11. Chapter 11: Advanced Adventures with ZAP 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing WebSockets

WebSockets are an ongoing, two-way channel of communication between a client and backend service, such as a database or an API service. WebSockets may transmit any number of protocols and offer server-to-client message delivery without polling (the process of one program or device repeatedly checking the status of other programs or devices).

Getting ready

This lab requires a PortSwigger Academy account and ZAP to intercept requests and responses from the server to your browser.

Before starting the lab, within ZAP, go to Tools, Options, and scroll down to the WebSockets section. Here you must enable Break on enabled ‘all request/response break buttons’. Otherwise, you will not be able to capture the WebSocket request and manipulate it to complete this lab.

How to do it...

WebSockets are being used to implement the live chat feature in this online store.

In this recipe, a fictitious support representative, aka a bot, will read the chat...

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