The Iceweasel browser provides penetration testers with a myriad of tools that make web application testing efficient and fun. It takes advantage of many of the browser-based plugins that have been written over the years. We will use the plugin HackBar within Iceweasel to fully exploit the Kioptrix 3 machine in our lab in an efficient manner. The primary plugin we take advantage of in this example is the HackBar. You can learn more about HackBar at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hackbar/. The HackBar and other add-ons that can be added to Iceweasel make testing web applications fun and allow a knowledgeable penetration tester to manually verify the security of a web application.
Open the Iceweasel browser and click on Open menu | Add-ons, located on the right-hand side of the screen next to the home icon. In the Search all add-ons field, enter HackBar
and search for the tool; once it is found, install it and restart the browser:
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