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Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing
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Mastering Kali Linux for Web Penetration Testing

by Michael McPhee
June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
338 pages
8h 28m
English
Packt Publishing
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Passive ZAP scanning

Passive scanning is a non-obtrusive means by which we can map out and learn about the structure of the site and the code that results in interacting with it. Passive scanning does not allow for an in-line modification of the HTTP messages, but a full inspection of the unmodified headers and content allows ZAP to provide insights. And it will build alerts and tags just as if they were generated through active scanning.

We have only two areas for configuration with Passive scanning:

  • The first one focuses on the sensitivity of the scanning engine. We can visit the options, the Passive Scan Rules screen, as seen in the following screenshot and select Off, Low, Medium, or High to alter the threshold for alerting on each type ...
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