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RE: Web Application Scanners Comparison
From: "Calderon, Juan Carlos (GE, Corporate, consultant)" <juan.calderon () ge com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:56:19 -0500
It would have being great if you had included IBM Ration Appscan Build edition and HP DevInspect to the testing just as you did with AcuSensor, so that all 3 scanners were compared in both areas, automated blackbox and static source code analysis. Regards, Juan Carlos Calderon -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of anantasec Sent: Martes, 27 de Enero de 2009 08:15 a.m. To: pen-test () securityfocus com; webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: Web Application Scanners Comparison Hi all, In the past weeks, I've performed an evaluation/comparison of three popular web vulnerability scanners.This evaluation was ordered by a penetration testing company that will remain anonymous. The vendors were not contacted during or after the evaluation. The applications (web scanners) included in this evaluation are: - Acunetix WVS version 6.0 (Build 20081217) - IBM Rational AppScan version 7.7.620 Service Pack 2 - HP WebInspect version 7.7.869 I've tested 13 web applications (some of them containing a lot of vulnerabilities), 3 demo applications provided by the vendors (testphp.acunetix.com, demo.testfire.net, zero.webappsecurity.com) and I've done some tests to verify Javascript execution capabilities. In total, 16 applications were tested. I've tried to cover all the major platforms, therefore I have applications in PHP, ASP, ASP.NET and Java. The report can be found at http://drop.io/anantasecfiles/ The full URL to the PDF document: http://drop.io/download/497f0f4e/c1d8b2966f85fb8549a18cbe2d789224ea665f4 5/759c3010-ce68-012b-dcee-f407c7ff11c2/9eeb1f00-cea5-012b-aa7b-f219675fa 758/report.pdf/report_pdf.pdf I've included enough information in this report (the javascript files used for testing, exact version and URL for all the tested applications) so anybody with enough patience can verify and reproduce the results presented here. Therefore, I will not respond to emails for vendors. You have the information, fix your scanners! Best wishes & regards, anantasec -- http://anantasec.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Sponsored by: Watchfire Methodologies & Tools for Web Application Security Assessment With the rapid rise in the number and types of security threats, web application security assessments should be considered a crucial phase in the development of any web application. What methodology should be followed? What tools can accelerate the assessment process? Download this Whitepaper today! https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/whitepapers.aspx?id=70170000000940F ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Watchfire Methodologies & Tools for Web Application Security Assessment With the rapid rise in the number and types of security threats, web application security assessments should be considered a crucial phase in the development of any web application. What methodology should be followed? What tools can accelerate the assessment process? Download this Whitepaper today! https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/whitepapers.aspx?id=70170000000940F -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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