Burp Suite Essentials

Specifying memory size for Burp

If we start Burp Suite by double-clicking on the .jar file, the Java runtime will allocate the maximum memory available to Burp on its own. The total amount allocated might vary based on the available system RAM. Since Burp Suite will capture hundreds and sometimes thousands of requests and responses of various sizes, it makes sense to allocate memory when we start the program.

There is the possibility that Burp Suite might crash if the total memory available is not enough. While doing a security assessment, we don't want to worry about disruption in our work or the feeling that we may lose valuable data about the assessment due to Burp Suite crashing. Therefore, it is prudent to specify how much system RAM is allocated ...