The Connections tab

Under the Connections tab, a tester has the following options:

  • Platform Authentication: This provides an override button in the event the tester wants the Project options related to the type of authentication used against the target application to supersede any authentication settings within the user options.

After clicking the checkbox to override the user's options, the tester is presented with a table enabling authentication options (for example, Basic, NTLMv2, NTLMv1, and Digest) specific to the target application. The destination host is commonly set to wildcard * should a tester find the need to ever use this option:

  • Upstream proxy servers: It provides an override button in the event the tester wants the Project ...

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