Here is a sample of what happens when I try to set the target:
w3af>>> target
w3af/config:target>>> view
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| Setting | Value | Description
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| target_framework | unknown | Targ
Short answer: No [0]
Long answers:
* No, SSN detection only works for html see this call is_text_or_html().
* No but... w3af is open source and you can modify the plugin to
make it work like you want. It seems to make sense to add this
feature, so if you like I can guide you.
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https:
Can w3af scan the contents of PDF files for SSNs?
We're evaluating w3af as a tool to scan our website for SSN content. A new
profile was created using the web-spider crawl and ssn grep plugins. This
locates possible SSNs on web pages but not in PDF documents. A review of all
plugins doesn't