Installing and running OWASP Mantra
People in OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project, https://www.owasp.org/) have put together a Mozilla Firefox mod with plenty of add-ons aimed at helping penetration testers and developers to test web applications for bugs or security flaws. In this recipe, we will install OWASP-Mantra (http://www.getmantra.com/) in our Kali Linux, run it for the first time, and see some of its features.
Most of the web application penetration testing is done through a web browser; that's the reason why we need to have one with the correct set of tools to perform such a task. The OWASP Mantra includes a collection of add-ons to perform tasks, such as:
- Sniffing and intercepting HTTP requests
- Debugging client-side code
- Viewing ...
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