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Nikto vs w3af

A side-by-side look at Nikto and w3af. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Nikto

Nikto

Security & Privacy

Nikto is an open source web server scanner that performs comprehensive tests against web servers to look for insecure configurations and vulnerabilities. It is intended to be easy to use and provide security professionals both novice and expert with a quality web vulnerability scanner.

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w3af

w3af

Security & Privacy

w3af is an open source web application security scanner. It helps developers and security researchers identify and exploit vulnerabilities in web apps. w3af is designed to find XSS, SQLi, RCE, and other common web app vulnerabilities.

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