Using w3af to achieve automated penetration testing by live DVD/live USB

  • Authors:
  • Jiun-Kai Ke;Chung-Huang Yang;Tae-Nam Ahn

  • Affiliations:
  • National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan;National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan;Hannam University, Korea

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Hybrid Information Technology
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

As the popularity of the Internet continues growing, there are more and more services appeared, security measures are expected to become all the most important on the Internet. Personal privacy and confidentiality of information also need to be protected and be resolved of vulnerabilities and weaknesses quickly. It is the user the most concerned about one of the topics on the Internet now. In this research, we developed automated penetration testing tools based on an open source, we just enter the target URL, and we can automate penetration testing with Live DVD/Live USB platform, which can be used any platform.