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| Subject: | Re: Environment for testing WebApp Security Scanners |
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| Date: | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:19:57 +1000 |
Nice idea, but no tool can substitute for a little common sense and manual know how. The way cookies like this would be implemented would vary greatly, therefore any security scanner would still rely on signatures - back to the problem at hand again. If it doesn't have the signature/rule it isn't going to pick it up.
Therefore, any web application tool out there, when used, should *always* be followed up by a manual test.
I don't think anyone would disagree with that.
Just my two pence.
Tom Neaves
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