So the only reason I use windows is due to needing to use IE with some app tests, the rest is done from BackTrack.
At the GlosLUG meeting last night someone mentioned an automated script for installing IE6 under wine so I thought I would give it a go.
IEs 4 Linux uses wine and downloads everything else thats needed from Microsoft so things work great.
The first thing you… Continue reading
So you’ve got some XSS that you want to test but the browser you’ve been using for your app testing is protecting against the use of javascript in the address URL. The following URL:
1http://example.com/index.asp?val=<script>alert(1)</script>Would end up getting sent to the server as:
1GET /index.asp?val=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1In order to prevent this so we can test XSS flaws within applications we need to turn off the javascript filter in the… Continue reading