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Getting Started with Burp Suite

This chapter provides the setup instructions necessary to proceed through the material in this book. Starting with downloading Burp, the details include the two main Burp editions available and their distinguishing characteristics.

To use Burp Suite, a penetration tester requires a target application. This chapter includes instructions on downloading and installing OWASP applications contained within a Virtual Machine (VM). Such applications will be used throughout this book as targeted vulnerable web applications.

This chapter includes instructions to configure the Burp Suite Proxy listener. This listener is required to capture all HTTP traffic flowing between your local browser and the target website. Default ...

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