Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing

Reviewing the results

The results of our tailored scan are that we see 34 issues versus the 29 identified ones in the wide-open scan before, but that our scan was 28 minutes versus 34 seconds. We also managed to unearth over 90 pages versus 27 (some as a result of our user input) and did so at a much lower request rate than the default, thus protecting the DVWA from a mini Denial of Service (DoS) and staying under the radar of any defenses that may have been on the way. Arachni archives scan until we run out of space or tell it to delete them, so we'll always have both to compare and contrast. In practice, I would recommend running a single-targeted scan when the risk is acceptable and running smaller subscans for more covert phases of your ...