What is Burpp?
Burp Suite is a comprehensive platform for testing the security of web applications. It includes a wide range of features:
- An intercepting proxy server to inspect and modify traffic between the browser and web application
- A web crawler for automatic discovery of web content and functionality
- Advanced tools like Intruder, Repeater, and Fuzzer to find vulnerabilities
- Powerful scanning to identify common issues like SQL injection and cross-site scripting
- Extensibility via plugins and Burp Extender API
Burp Suite allows security testers to thoroughly analyze a web application to find and exploit security weaknesses. Its intuitive interface makes complex testing easy for users of any skill level. Key features like the scanner, Spider crawler, and attack surface analyzer provide automated testing to identify vulnerabilities such as information disclosure, injection flaws, and logic bypasses.
By proxying and recording all HTTP/S traffic between browser and application, Burp gives comprehensive coverage for mapping and analysis. Users can then perform highly targeted manual tests using tools like Intruder and Repeater. Burp is widely considered an essential platform for web penetration testing.