Configuring Burp Suite

Before starting an application penetration test, the system that will be used to attack the end application must be prepared. This involves configuring Burp Suite to become the interception proxy for various clients and traffic sources.

As with scoping for targets, it is important to reduce noise in the data we collect. We will use target whitelisting techniques, and work with the Burp Target feature to filter and reduce the clutter that testing modern applications can introduce.

Burp, or Burp Suite, is a graphical tool for testing web applications for security flaws. The tool is written in Java and was created by Dafydd Stuttard under the name of PortSwigger. Burp Suite is now actively developed by his company PortSwigger ...

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