Why not get a proper cert for around $40 instead of teaching your users that
it's OK to accept self signed certs, lending them more prone to a phishing
or MITM attack?

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:30 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the feed back so far anyone else wants to state what testing
> framework or tools the are using preferably open source.
>
> Once I am finish the initial testing my next steps will be to lock it done,
> configure some sort of self sign cert for apache to use ssl instead of the
> native http for starters.
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: Johan Peder Møller
> *Date*: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:53:49 +0200
> *To*: <[email protected]>; PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List<
> [email protected]>
> *Subject*: Re: [Pauldotcom] Steps taken During a Web App Pentest
>
> Hi
>
> Given your "no buget" constraint, I'd go with something like OWASP Live CD
> (http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Live_CD_Project).
>
> If you have a basic understanding of how web appls work, and how to attack
> them this should give you a starting point. As for the completeness of
> scannings I can't say. I myself is in the process of evaluating.
>
> rgds
> Johan Møller
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello All:
>>
>> I am task with doing a basic web app pentest of a server that we are about
>> to given external users access too.
>>
>> Background:
>>
>> I work for a university no security department, no budget to hire a
>> auditor.
>>
>> We are about to put one of our training servers on our DMZ this way
>> Faculty and Staff members can access it from home for  Microsoft and other
>> application video tutorials.
>>
>>
>> Since my boss is aware that I am interested in infosec I was given the
>> green light to test the app/server and report back anything that can aid in
>> locking it down.
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> Since there are so much tools and ways to go about this I would like to
>> know how do others go about a web app pentest, don't have to give away any
>> trade secrets  :)-.
>>
>> I am just looking for an efficient way to go about this!
>>
>>
>> Specs:
>>
>> OS: Windows 2003 running in a VMware, ESX 3.5.
>>
>> Application:  Training package, with a bundled windows version of a LAMP
>> setup.
>>
>> Acess Method: http.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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