Re: Web service security

["Vinod Gadgoli" <vinod.infosec () gmail com>]

Hey Atul,
what sort of services you want to cover in ur security testing ?
there are various approaches to it such as,
u can check for the security of authentication mechanisms used, the
use of get or post methods to submit form date, the insecurities of
session id's, session hijacking attacks, cookies stealing, parameter
tampering attacks etc.
you can start by visiting www.owasp.org
this provides u a framework for what all you can test for an web app.
they have also got nice collection of tools and white papers

HTH

Vinod


On 6/20/06, Atul Wankhade <atul_wankhade () hotmail com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Firstly, sorry if I have posted this to wrong alias.  Please point me if you
> know the right alias.  I want to perfrom a security testing for the
> webservices. I am a novice in this field.  I would highly appreciated if you
> could help me and share pointers in this regard.  Also, I searched for
> couple of tools on the net and here are my findings. Has anybody used any of
> the following?  It would be helpful if you suggest me on the same.
> Thanks in advance ...
> Atul Wankhade
>
>
> WSFuzzer
> -          Attacks a web service based on valid WSDL, a valid endpoint &
> namespace, or it can try to intelligently detect WSDL for a given target.
> -          http://www.neurofuzz.com/modules/software/wsfuzzer.php
> wsChess
> -          Web Services Assessment and Defense Toolkit
> -          http://net-square.com/wschess/index.shtml
> WSDigger
> -          a free open source tool to automate black-box web services
> security testing (also known as penetration testing).
> -
> http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/proddesc/wsdigger.htm
> WSBang
> -          Python-based tool used to perform automated security testing of
> SOAP based web services.
> -          http://www.isecpartners.com/tools.html
> SOAPSonar
> -          Allows Web Services Vulnerability Assessment.
> -          http://www.codeproject.com/showcase/Crosschecks1.asp


--
Vinod Gadgoli
Systems Security Engineer  (MS Information Security)

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