InfoSecPodcast.com » Firefox http://www.infosecpodcast.com Information Security related news, opinions and ramblings Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Firefox extension for Pen Testing http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2006/12/firefox-extension-for-pen-testing/ http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2006/12/firefox-extension-for-pen-testing/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:49:44 +0000 Chris Harrington http://www.infosecpodcast.com/firefox/2006/12/firefox-extension-for-pen-testing/ I found an extension for Firefox called TamperData. It allows you to view and modify HTTP requests. Useful for testing those home grown (or not so home grown) web apps. There are probably better tools for the job but this is a quick tool when you don’t want to pull out Spike Proxy or others.

–Chris

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There are limitations since the search plugins only support the HTTP Get method, not HTTP Post. This is unfortunate since Post is a popular method of submitting phrases to search mechanisms. Being a self-proclaimed Security Geek (and Firefox user) I’ve written plugins for several security related sites including SecurityFocus, Secunia, OSVDB and others. I’ve also included ones for PacketStorm, CVE, SANS, ISECOM and Help Net Secrity that I did not write but found on the web in various places like Local Area Security. To install the plugins you can either

a. Click on the link below for the plugin you want and it will be installed automatically.

or

b. Download this Zip and extract the contents to your Firefox searchplugin directory. That directory is here (C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXXXX.default\searchplugins)

Since we are on the subject of search plugins, there is a good Firefox extension that makes it easy to delete search plugins you no longer want. It’s called SearchPluginHacks and you can get it here. There are also many, many more plugins on the Mozilla site here.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know.

Install Bleeding Snort Search Plugin Bleeding Snort
Install CVE Keyword Search Plugin CVE Keyword
Install CVE Name Search Plugin CVE Name
Install Help Net Security Search Plugin Help Net Security
Install ISECOM Ports Search Plugin ISECOM Ports
Install McAfee Search Plugin McAfee Antivirus
Install OSVDB Open Source Vulnerability Database
Install Packetstorm Search Plugin PacketStorm Security
Install SANS RR Search Plugin SANS Reading Room
Install Secunia Search Plugin Secunia
Install Securityfocus Search Plugin Securityfocus
Install Snort Search Plugin Snort

All plugins in a single Zip can be found here.

–Chris

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