Kali Linux 2018: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Fourth Edition
by Shiva V. N. Parasram, Alex Samm, Damian Boodoo, Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali
Paros proxy
Paros proxy is a valuable and intensive vulnerability-assessment tool. It spiders through the entire website and executes various vulnerability tests. It also allows an auditor to intercept web traffic (HTTP/HTTPS) by setting up a local proxy between the browser and the actual target application. This mechanism helps an auditor tamper with or manipulate particular requests being made to the target application, in order to test it manually. Hence, Paros proxy acts as an active and passive web application security assessment tool. To start Paros proxy, navigate to Applications | Web Application Analysis | paros or in a Terminal, enter the following command:
# paros
This will bring up the Paros proxy window. Before you go through ...
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