Tag Archives: FireFox

Cookies, Cookies, and Cookies

Posted on June 8, 2008 by samurai

[April, 2010]Update: Mozilla removed this functionality from Firefox in version 2 and will not be reviving it. I’m going to leave the text below, as it does describe P3P, but any mention of Firefox should be considered as an example. … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 8

Posted on June 7, 2008 by samurai

Restrictive passwords make cracking more difficult by requiring that users use a wider range of characters; however, can restrictive password policies actually decrease time required to crack? This blog goes into the math behind it. http://lukenotricks.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-on-counting-restrictive-password.htm Mozilla has a new … Continue reading →

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Using Tamper Data

Posted on May 21, 2008 by samurai

In my previous post on penetration testing I mentioned various tools that I use for web application testing. In this post and future posts, I will go into some of these tools and how I use them. This post will … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 6

Posted on May 19, 2008 by samurai

I played with both of these plugins. The view formated source one didn’t do a whole lot for me, but the view source chart was a great improvement. It makes checking out HTML much easier, and with the added ability … Continue reading →

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Utilities for backing up client-side website data

Posted on May 16, 2008 by samurai

I was looking into various methods for backing up websites on my localhost and have come up with 3 options. I’m sure there are more, but these require tools you already have. Internet Explorer 6 (I don’t have IE7 installed … Continue reading →

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Web Application Penetration Testing… my tools of the trade

Posted on May 12, 2008 by samurai

I read a question recently on LinkedIn asking what tools penetration testers used for web application testing and felt that it was probably a question that merited more than the few sentences I put down as an answer. The following … Continue reading →

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