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If you look at ZAP you will see that there is a new tab in the Request/Response window called Break and it is open. You will notice that the action does not complete in the browser. Once the Break point has been set, return to your browser and perform the same action (whatever you did in step 5).You can also perform some regex tests in this screen that will allow you intercept only requests that meet specific criteria, but that is beyond the scope of this post. In the window that appears, just go with the default options.Right-click that item and choose the Break option. Also, you will want to click the little target to reduce the history results to those that are in scope (remember steps 3 & 4). Be sure that you have the History display option active and not something like Web Sockets, or your view will look weird. Once you have performed the task, find the activity in the history pane (by default, at the bottom).For example, using an HTML login form to submit credentials. Rather than simply giving you a proxy interface like Burp does, Ida requires you to actually perform the task that you want to test so that it can record the behavior. Zap uses terminology often found in reverse engineering tools like Ida. At this point, it is time to set a break. Great, now we have a more manageable screen.To do this, click on the little target icon in the top left corner of the Targets window. Now that you have created a context and made it "in scope," it is time to hide the non-relevant noise in the targets tab.Make sure that the In Scope check box is ticked and then click OK. In the New Context window that appears, select the URL so that you can edit the context name give it a name relevant to the site you are testing (Client A, Ajax Compant, etc.). To do this, find the site URL in the pane on the left and right-click it. Scope is a pivotal concept, unless you are into impromptu relocations to Equador. Let's add our target site to a context and include it in our scope (the site we have permission to test). Even with just one tab open, you can end up with lots of noise.You will also notice that if you have several tabs opened, they will all be represented here. You will notice that the ZAP target screen quickly populates with lots of sites. Once you have your browser configured to pass through ZAP, browse to the web application that you want to test.If you have two monitors, I highly recommend placing ZAP in one screen and the browser in the other. Additionally, you may want to consider using a proxy switcher like Foxy Proxy or SwitchyOmega if you aren't already doing so. If you have not done this yet, go here for more information.

Make sure that you have your browser's proxy settings enabled to use ZAP. Open up OWASP Zap and then open your web browser of choice.Manually Intercepting HTTP Requests and Reponses Equador is a lovely country, but you probably don't want to live there.

Testing a site that is not yours is what a friend of mine has referred to as a "non-extradition country career choice" (thanks Adrien de Beupre). Let's jump in with a little exercise that will help you figure out the basics of this often overlooked gem.īefore going any further, I am going to take a moment to warn you about testing web applications without permission don't do it. Although ZAP is a little different from Burp, I think you will find that it is just as useful, and in some cases perhaps more so. OK, OK, OK, just take a chill pill there my friend. ZAP isn't quite as pretty as Burp and there isn't even a proxy tab that you can use to intercept traffic and monkey with the parameters! What is the deal!? So you want to use OWASP's Zed Attack Proxy to intercept web requests and responses, but you don't know where to start.
