Web Application Penetration Testing

OWASP Testing Guide v3 Table of Contents

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In the following paragraphs, it is described the Web Application Penetration Testing Methology, split into the 10 subcategories:

4.1 Introduction and Objectives

4.2 Information Gathering

4.3 Configuration Management Testing

4.4 Business logic testing

4.5 Authentication Testing

4.6 Authorization Testing

4.7 Session Management Testing

4.8 Data Validation Testing

4.9 Testing for Denial of Service

4.10 Web Services Testing

4.11 Client Side Testing