Naslov
A method for identifying Web applications

Autori
Kozina, Mario ; Golub, Marin ; Groš, Stjepan

Izvornik
International Journal of Information Security (1615-5262) 8 (2009), 6; 455-467

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Web security; Web application identification; fingerprinting

Sažetak
Web applications are ubiquitous in today’ s businesses. The security of these applications is of utmost importance since security breaches might negatively impact good reputation, and even result in bankruptcy. There are different methods of assessing security of Web applications, mainly based on some automated method of scanning. One type of scan method feeds random data to the application and monitors its behavior. The other type uses a database with predefined vulnerabilities that are checked one by one until either a vulnerability is found, or it can be claimed that the application does not have any known vulnerabilities. The important step in the latter type of scan process is the identification of the application since in this case we are narrowing the number of checks and, as a consequence, the scan process is faster. This paper describes a method for Web application identification based on the black box principle. Our method is based on the invariance of certain characteristics of Web applications. We experimentally tested and confirmed the usefulness of this approach.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo

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