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Network Security Tools: Developing Web Assessment Tools and Scripts

PublisherOReilly Media
Format430.3KB PDFDate added02 Jun 2005
Topics Programming Languages, Network Security, Application Development
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Web application vulnerabilities are increasingly becoming the attacker's method of choice for compromising systems and obtaining access to valuable data. Although most organizations have a reliable process in place for identifying and defending perimeter hosts from traditional network-based attacks, often little or no attention is paid to security over custom web applications that are deployed to allow employees, customers, or business partners to access company data. In addition, although a myriad of tools is available to automatically assess and identify network-based vulnerabilities, open source and freeware alternatives for identifying vulnerabilities in custom web applications are lacking.

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