Re: Testing Middleware Application

[Mervyn <barcajax () gmail com>]

You already mentioned the obvious! XML over HTTP. Opportunity to sniff
and manipulate the traffic.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Anant Iyer<iyer.anant.r () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have a middleware application to be pen-tested for security
> bugs.The application serves requests from various front-end systems
> (XML over HTTP) and depending on these requests, retrieves the data
> from various back-end repositories.
> The development team has built a front-end just for testing
> (functional) this application in the UAT environment. In such a
> scenario, I need some pointers on how should I perform the pentest of
> this middleware application.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anant Iyer
>
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