Re: xss detection ruleset

[waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net>]

On 11/8/2012 17:37, Danny Dev wrote:
> HI,
>
> I'm mostly interested in using snort for xss detection as part of the security for a php web app. I was hoping to 
> find some rules that could detect most things illustrated by the well known xss cheat cheat.

somehow i don't think that snort is what you are looking for or really wanting 
to use... snort's purpose is a lot more involved and deeper than just watching 
for XSS problems... one would be much better off to test for and fix their XSS 
problems than just trying to detect and block XSS attempts...

> https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS_Filter_Evasion_Cheat_Sheet
>
>
> I understand this by no means protects a site 100% from xss :) but something that will detect many of the most common 
> http xss attacks will work for this layer of my security.
>
>
> Anyway the rules distributed by snort seem pretty slim as far as detecting xss, can anyone recommend a third party 
> ruleset that has fairly extensive xss detection?
>
> thank you!

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