an introduction to zap the owasp zed attack proxy
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OWASP AppSec Asia-Pacific 2012. An Introduction to ZAP The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy. Simon Bennetts OWASP ZAP Project Lead [email protected]. What is ZAP?. An easy to use webapp pentest tool Completely free and open source An OWASP flagship project Ideal for beginners - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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OWASP AppSecAsia-Pacific 2012
An Introduction to ZAP
The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy
Simon BennettsOWASP ZAP Project Lead
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What is ZAP?• An easy to use webapp pentest tool• Completely free and open source• An OWASP flagship project• Ideal for beginners• But also used by professionals• Ideal for devs, esp. for automated security
tests• Becoming a framework for advanced testing
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ZAP Principles• Free, Open source• Involvement actively encouraged• Cross platform• Easy to use• Easy to install• Internationalized• Fully documented• Work well with other tools• Reuse well regarded components
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Statistics• Released September 2010, fork of Paros• V 1.3.4 downloaded 15,000 times• V 1.4 alpha just released• Fully internationalized• Translated into 11 languages:
Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Spanish
• Mostly used by Professional Pentesters?• Paros code: ~40% Zap Code: ~60%
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The Main FeaturesAll the essentials for web application testing• Intercepting Proxy• Active and Passive Scanners• Spider• Report Generation• Brute Force (using OWASP DirBuster code)• Fuzzing (using fuzzdb & OWASP JBroFuzz)• Extensibility
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The Additional Features• Auto tagging• Port scanner• Smart card support• Session comparison• Invoke external apps• BeanShell integration• API + Headless mode• Dynamic SSL Certificates• Anti CSRF token handling
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New in Version 1.4• Syntax highlighting
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New in Version 1.4• Syntax highlighting• Fuzzdb integration• Parameter analysis
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New in Version 1.4• Syntax highlighting• Fuzzdb integration• Parameter analysis• Enhanced XSS scanner• Plugable extensions• Reveal hidden fields• Some of the Watcher checks• Lots of bug fixes!
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Extending ZAP• Invoking applications directly• REST API• Filters• Active Scan Rules• Passive Scan Rules• Full Extensions
https://code.google.com/p/zap-extensions/
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Regression Tests
http://code.google.com/p/bodgeit/wiki/RegTests
Security
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Collaborations• Dradis – ZAP upload plugin• OWASP AJAX Crawling Tool• OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set
script – SpiderLabs• ThreadFix – Denim Group• Ultimate Obsolete File Detection
– Hacktics ASC, Ernst & Young• Grey-box plugin – BCC Risk Advisory
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Work In Progress• Enhance scanners to detect more
vulnerabilities• Extend API, Ant and Maven integration• Easier to use, better help• Improved stability• Session analysis
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Work In Progress• Enhance scanners to detect more
vulnerabilities• Extend API, Ant and Maven integration• Easier to use, better help• Improved stability• Session analysis•
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The Future• Closer integration with OWASP AJAX Tool• Support for SPDY and WebSockets• Extensions marketplace• Full scripting support• Configurable Actions• Fuzzing analysis• What do you want??
Any Questions?http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_
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