Re: web application scanning

[randy marchany <marchany () VT EDU>]

A relatively inexpensive product is Acunetix (www.acunetix.com). Their
pricing is very reasonable and affordable for EDUs. We use it in
combination with open source web app scanners.

Randy Marchany
VA Tech IT Security Office & Lab


On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Michael Sheinberg <msheiny () seas upenn edu>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone here have any recommendations for tools (preferably
> open-source) that will scan web-servers for vulnerable application
> frameworks + plug-ins?
>
> Stuff like looking for out-of-date Drupal, Joomla, etc. Obviously I can
> find some of these tools with Google on my own, just curious if anyone
> has any positive experience with any in particular.
>
> Thanks!
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