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Burp Suite Essentials

By : Akash Mahajan

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Burp Suite Essentials

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By: Akash Mahajan

Overview of this book

If you are interested in learning how to test web applications and the web part of mobile applications using Burp, then this is the book for you. It is specifically designed to meet your needs if you have basic experience in using Burp and are now aiming to become a professional Burp user.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Getting Started with Burp

1. Getting Started with Burp

Starting Burp from the command line

Specifying memory size for Burp

Ensuring that IPv4 is allowed

Working with other JVMs

Summary

2. Configuring Browsers to Proxy through Burp

2. Configuring Browsers to Proxy through Burp

Configuring widely used browsers to proxy through Burp Suite

Summary

3. Setting the Scope and Dealing with Upstream Proxies

3. Setting the Scope and Dealing with Upstream Proxies

Multiple ways to add targets to the scope

Scope and Burp Suite tools

Scope inclusion versus exclusion

Dropping out-of-scope requests

Dealing with upstream proxies and SOCKS proxies

Summary

4. SSL and Other Advanced Settings

4. SSL and Other Advanced Settings

Importing the Burp certificate in Mozilla Firefox

Importing the Burp certificate in Microsoft IE and Google Chrome

Installing the Burp certificate in iOS or Android

SSL pass-through

Invisible Proxy

Summary

5. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 1

5. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 1

Target

Proxy

The Message Analysis tab

Actions on the intercepted requests

Intruder

Scanner

Repeater

Summary

6. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 2

6. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 2

Spidering

Sequencer

Decoder

Comparer

Alerts

Summary

7. Searching, Extracting, Pattern Matching, and More

7. Searching, Extracting, Pattern Matching, and More

Filtering

Matching

Grep - Match and Grep - Extract

Summary

8. Using Engagement Tools and Other Utilities

8. Using Engagement Tools and Other Utilities

Search

Target Analyzer

Content Discovery

Task Scheduler

CSRF proof of concept Generator

Summary

9. Using Burp Extensions and Writing Your Own

9. Using Burp Extensions and Writing Your Own

Setting up the Python runtime for Burp Extensions

Setting up the Ruby environment for Burp Extensions

Loading and installing a Burp Extension from the Burp App Store

Loading and installing a Burp Extension manually

Managing Burp Extensions

Writing our own Burp Extensions

Noteworthy Burp Extensions

Summary

10. Saving Securely, Backing Up, and Other Maintenance Activities

10. Saving Securely, Backing Up, and Other Maintenance Activities

Saving and restoring a state

Automatic backups

Scheduled tasks

Logging all activities

Summary

11. Resources, References, and Links

11. Resources, References, and Links

Primary references

Web application security testing with Burp

Miscellaneous security testing tutorials with Burp Suite

Pentesting thick clients

Testing mobile applications for web security using Burp Suite

Extensions references

Books

Summary

Index

Index

Decoder

Decoder tool in Burp Suite does the job of encoding and decoding data. Applications need to encode data while transmitting it or, in many cases, as a security measure. Encoding is not a security measure but a lot of developers mistake it to be.

Note

A simple rule of thumb is that if there is no key present, there is no confidentiality. Since we don't require a key to encode a piece of plain text, we don't require a key to decode.

A web application penetration tester needs to be able to understand the type of encoding that has been applied and then successfully decode the piece of data.

As with all the other tools, we saw that:

We can select a piece of text anywhere in Burp Suite and send it to Decoder. Have a look at the following screenshot:
We can also do manual transforms (encoding or decoding) using the context menu wherever we are currently working, as shown in the following screenshot:
We can do URL-decode and URL encode with different options using the context menu. Have a look at...

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