CHAPTER 2 PROFILING
Profiling—the tactics used to research and pinpoint how web sites are structured and how their applications work—is a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of web hacking. The most effective attacks are informed by rigorous homework that illuminates as much about the inner workings of the application as possible, including all of the web pages, applications, and input/output command structures on the site.
The diligence and rigor of the profiling process and the amount of time invested in it are often directly related to the quality of the security issues identified across the entire site, and it frequently differentiates “script-kiddie” assessments that find the “low-hanging fruit,” such as simple SQL injection or buffer ...
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