Hacking Exposed Web Applications
暫譯: 破解曝光：網路應用程式安全分析

This book goes a long way in making the Web a safer place to do business. -- Mark Curphey, Chair of the Open Web Application Security Project

Unleash the hackers arsenal to secure your Web applications

In todays world of pervasive Internet connectivity and rapidly evolving Web technology, online security is as critical as it is challenging. With the enhanced availability of information and services online and Web-based attacks and break-ins on the rise, security risks are at an all time high. Hacking Exposed Web Applications shows you, step-by-step, how to defend against the latest Web-based attacks by understanding the hackers devious methods and thought processes. Discover how intruders gather information, acquire targets, identify weak spots, gain control, and cover their tracks. Youll get in-depth coverage of real-world hacks--both simple and sophisticated--and detailed countermeasures to protect against them.

What youll learn:

• The proven Hacking Exposed methodology to locate, exploit, and patch vulnerable platforms and applications
  
• How attackers identify potential weaknesses in Web application components
  
• What devastating vulnerabilities exist within Web server platforms such as Apache, Microsofts Internet Information Server (IIS), Netscape Enterprise Server, J2EE, ASP.NET, and more
  
• How to survey Web applications for potential vulnerabilities --including checking directory structures, helper files, Java classes and applets, HTML comments, forms, and query strings
  
• Attack methods against authentication and session management features such as cookies, hidden tags, and session identifiers
  
• Most common input validation attacks--crafted input, command execution characters, and buffer overflows
  
• Countermeasures for SQL injection attacks such as robust error handling, custom stored procedures, and proper database configuration
  
• XML Web services vulnerabilities and best practices
  
• Tools and techniques used to hack Web clients--including cross-site scripting, active content attacks and cookie manipulation
  
• Valuable checklists and tips on hardening Web applications and clients based on the authors consulting experiences
  

Contents            

   Part I: Reconnaissance
    1: Introduction to Web Applications and Security
    2: Profiling
    3: Hacking Web Servers
    4: Surveying the Application

   Part II: The Attack
    5: Authentication
    6: Authorization
    7: Attacking Session State Management
    8: Input Validation Attacks
    9: Attacking Web Datastores
    10: Attacking Web Services
    11: Hacking Web Application Management
    12: Web Client Hacking
    13: Case Studies

   Part III: Appendixes
    A: Web Site Security Checklist
    B: Web Hacking Tools and Techniques Cribsheet
    C: Using Libwhisker
    D: UrlScan Installation and Configuration
    E: About the Companion Web Site