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Evaluation of Tools for Assessing Web Applications

In this paper, we provide a selected list of tools that can be used for assessing Web application security. Intention is to present available tools that can help in search of vulnerabilities in Web applications and thus make them more secure. The paper is written for Web application developers and testers, and of course, students who have interest in web development. So, it is concentrated on free and/or open source tools, and thereby, commercial products are not mentioned. First part of paper provides overview of vulnerabilities that can be detected by using mentioned tools. In the second part, the tools are described and it is shown for which actions these tools can be used.

scanning; security; spider applications; vulnerability; Web applications

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