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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

By : Juned Ahmed Ansari
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

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By: Juned Ahmed Ansari

Overview of this book

Kali Linux 2.0 is the new generation of the industry-leading BackTrack Linux penetration testing and security auditing Linux distribution. It contains several hundred tools aimed at various information security tasks such as penetration testing, forensics, and reverse engineering. At the beginning of the book, you will be introduced to the concepts of hacking and penetration testing and will get to know about the tools used in Kali Linux 2.0 that relate to web application hacking. Then, you will gain a deep understanding of SQL and command injection flaws and ways to exploit the flaws. Moving on, you will get to know more about scripting and input validation flaws, AJAX, and the security issues related to AJAX. At the end of the book, you will use an automated technique called fuzzing to be able to identify flaws in a web application. Finally, you will understand the web application vulnerabilities and the ways in which they can be exploited using the tools in Kali Linux 2.0.
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Authentication issues

Authentication in a web application plays an important role as it verifies the identity of the user and allows the user to view and interact with only those contents that the user is authorized to access. In a web application, authentication is usually done by a combination of username and password.

Authentication protocols and flaws

Authentication is done in web applications using the following methods:

  • Basic authentication
  • Digest authentication
  • Integrated authentication
  • Form-based authentication

Basic authentication

In basic authentication, the username and password is transmitted over the network using the Base64 encoding which is very easy to reverse and acquire the clear text password. The credentials can easily be sniffed by an attacker if the transmission is not done over over a secure channel. These drawbacks should be enough to convince a developer to move over to more secure authentication methods.

Digest authentication

The digest mode authentication was introduced...

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