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The Ratproxy security scanner looks for vulnerabilities in web applications

RAT CATCHER

Author(s): TIM SCHÜRMANN

Google’s Ratproxy is a free testing tool that searches for security problems in web applications.

Several test suites help you look for vulnerabilities in web-based applications, but many of these applications are expensive or difficult to use. Wouldn’t it be nice just to press a button to find out what vulnerabilities exist in your own software – along with a line reference to help you find the problems in the source code?

Ratproxy is a tiny but powerful tool with a simple approach to searching for problems in web applications. The Ratproxy security testing tool originated in the development labs Google, where it was created to test Google’s own applications. In July 2008, the company decided to release the current version to the general public under the Apache License 2.0.


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