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Black-box testing, sometimes referred to as specification-based testing, [1] is a method of software testing that examines the functionality of an application without peering into its internal structures or workings. This method of test can be applied virtually to every level of software testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance.
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A gray box penetration test is a combination of the two (where limited knowledge of the target is shared with the auditor). [6] A penetration test can help identify a system's vulnerabilities to attack and estimate how vulnerable it is. [7] [5] Security issues that the penetration test uncovers should be reported to the system owner. [8]
STRIDE is a model for identifying computer security threats [1] developed by Praerit Garg and Loren Kohnfelder at Microsoft. [2] It provides a mnemonic for security threats in six categories. [3] The threats are: Spoofing; Tampering; Repudiation; Information disclosure (privacy breach or data leak) Denial of service; Elevation of privilege [4]
Because the tool is implementing a dynamic testing method, it cannot cover 100% of the source code of the application and then, the application itself. The penetration tester should look at the coverage of the web application or of its attack surface to know if the tool was configured correctly or was able to understand the web application.
Burp Suite is a proprietary software tool for security assessment and penetration testing of web applications. [2] [3] It was initially developed in 2003-2006 by Dafydd Stuttard [4] to automate his own security testing needs, after realizing the capabilities of automatable web tools like Selenium. [5]
[3] [4] To fuzz test a UNIX utility meant to automatically generate random input and command-line parameters for the utility. The project was designed to test the reliability of UNIX command line programs by executing a large number of random inputs in quick succession until they crashed.
A penetration test attempts to enter the system via an exploit to see if the system is insecure. [46] If a penetration test fails, it does not necessarily mean that the system is secure. [47] Some penetration tests can be conducted with automated software that tests against existing exploits for known vulnerabilities. [48]