How to Break Web Software

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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""The techniques in this book are not an option for testers-they are mandatory and these are the guys to tell you how to apply them!"
-HarryRobinson, Google.


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold"Rigorously test and improve the security of all your Web software!


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"It's as certain as death and taxes: hackers will mercilessly attack your Web sites, applications, and services. If you're vulnerable, you'd better discover these attacks yourself, before the black hats do. Now, there's a definitive, hands-on guide to security-testing any Web-based software: How to Break Web Software.


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"In this book, two renowned experts address every category of Web software exploit: attacks on clients, servers, state, user inputs, and more. You'll 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


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· Client vulnerabilities, including attacks on client-side validation


style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· State-based attacks: hidden fields, CGI parameters, cookie poisoning, URL jumping, and session hijacking


style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· Attacks on user-supplied inputs: cross-site scripting, SQL injection, and directory traversal


style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· Language- and technology-based attacks: buffer overflows, canonicalization, and NULL string attacks


style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· Server attacks: SQL Injection with stored procedures, command injection, and server fingerprinting


style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.15in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.15in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .15in"· Cryptography, privacy, and attacks on Web services


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Your Web software is mission-critical-it can't be compromised. Whether you're a developer, tester, QA specialist, or IT manager, this book will help you protect that software-systematically.


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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"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.