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Penetration testing with Burp

Penetration testing with Burp

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Penetration testing with Burp

- [Instructor] Burp is another testing tool similar to Snake, but with its paid version, goes into much more details and scans for many other issues not covered in a basic plan like Snake offers. So go to portswigger.net/burp. What differentiates Burp to Snake is the amount of options and types of scan you can set up and automate. You can even specify the specific paths you'd like scanned and for what exactly. Once set up, Burp's automated scans can save you a lot of time of researching, or going through reports since you've specified exactly what you wanted to scan. Although the paid version is a bit hefty, if you're looking for this type of granularity, Burp can be a strong tool in your shed, but if you're looking for more automated reports, and are already a heavy user of GitHub repos, then Snake might make more sense for you. Take a look at all the tools that we've explored in this course, and you have a really good set of tools that you can use to evaluate your projects, your…

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