How to Break Web Software: Functional & Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services Book/CD PackageUpplaga 1

"The techniques in this book are not an option for testersthey are mandatory and these are the guys to tell you how to apply them!" HarryRobinson, Google. Rigorously test and improve the security of all your Web software! Its as certain as death and taxes: hackers will mercilessly attack your Web sites, applications, and services. If youre vulnerable, youd better discover these attacks yourself, before the black hats do. Now, theres a definitive, hands-on guide to security-testing any Web-based software: How to Break Web Software. In this book, two renowned experts address every category of Web software exploit: attacks on clients, servers, state, user inputs, and more. Youll master powerful attack tools and techniques as you uncover dozens of crucial, widely exploited flaws in Web architecture and coding. The authors reveal where to look for potential threats and attack vectors, how to rigorously test for each of them, and how to mitigate the problems you find. Coverage includes Client vulnerabilities, including attacks on client-side validation State-based attacks: hidden fields, CGI parameters, cookie poisoning, URL jumping, and session hijacking Attacks on user-supplied inputs: cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and directory traversal Language- and technology-based attacks: buffer overflows, canonicalization, and NULL string attacks Server attacks: SQL Injection with stored procedures, command injection, and server fingerprinting Cryptography, privacy, and attacks on Web services Your Web software is mission-criticalit cant be compromised. Whether youre a developer, tester, QA specialist, or IT manager, this book will help you protect that softwaresystematically. Companion CD contains full source code for one testing tool you can modify and extend, free Web security testing tools, and complete code from a flawed Web site designed to give you hands-on practice in identifying security holes.