{"id":3129,"date":"2011-06-15T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:37:12","slug":"skipfish-1-94b-released-active-web-application-security-reconnaissance-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2011\/06\/skipfish-1-94b-released-active-web-application-security-reconnaissance-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Skipfish 1.94b Released &#8211; Active Web Application Security Reconnaissance Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we last mentioned Skipfish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/03\/skipfish-automated-web-application-security-reconnaissance-tool\/\">it was back in March 2010<\/a> when they first came out.<\/p>\n<p>Skipfish is an active web application security reconnaissance tool. It prepares an interactive sitemap for the targeted site by carrying out a recursive crawl and dictionary-based probes. The resulting map is then annotated with the output from a number of active (but hopefully non-disruptive) security checks. The final report generated by the tool is meant to serve as a foundation for professional web application security assessments.<\/p>\n<p>A number of commercial and open source tools with analogous functionality is readily available (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2009\/10\/nikto-2-1-0-released-web-server-security-scanning-tool\/\">Nikto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2009\/09\/websecurify-web-security-testing-framework\/\">Websecurify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/04\/netsparker-community-edition-web-application-security-scanner\/\">Netsparker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/06\/w3af-1-0-rc3-available-for-download-web-application-attack-audit-framework\/\">w3af<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2011\/02\/arachni-v0-2-2-1-web-application-security-scanner-framework\/\">Arachni<\/a>); stick to the one that suits you best. That said, skipfish tries to address some of the common problems associated with web security scanners.<\/p>\n<p>Specific advantages include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>    <strong>High speed:<\/strong> pure C code, highly optimized HTTP handling, minimal CPU footprint &#8211; easily achieving 2000 requests per second with responsive targets. <\/li>\n<li>    <strong>Ease of use:<\/strong> heuristics to support a variety of quirky web frameworks and mixed-technology sites, with automatic learning capabilities, on-the-fly wordlist creation, and form autocompletion. <\/li>\n<li>    <strong>Cutting-edge security logic:<\/strong> high quality, low false positive, differential security checks, capable of spotting a range of subtle flaws, including blind injection vectors. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Darknet Responsive Post Ad Links [previously link ad unit] -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5456620019\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>Some users had a problem getting it running, it does have a dependency &#8211; assuming you are on a Debian based distro, all you need to do is:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install libidn11<\/pre>\n<p>The minum syntax required to run the tool would be:<\/p>\n<pre>.\/skipfish -o \/home\/youruser -W dictionaries\/standard.wl http:\/\/yoursite.com<\/pre>\n<p>That should be enough to get you started!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty powerful tool and likely to pick up issues that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2008\/08\/openvas-open-vulnerability-assessment-system-nessus-is-back\/\">Nessus<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2009\/10\/nikto-2-1-0-released-web-server-security-scanning-tool\/\">Nikto<\/a> might miss.<\/p>\n<p>You can download Skipfish 1.94b here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skipfish.googlecode.com\/files\/skipfish-1.94b.tgz\">skipfish-1.94b.tgz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or read more <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/skipfish\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we last mentioned Skipfish, it was back in March 2010 when they first came out. 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