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NIST 800-44 Version 2 Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers

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GUIDELINES ON SECURING PUBLIC WEB SERVERS<br />

Tool Capability <strong>Web</strong> Site Linux/<br />

Unix<br />

Win32<br />

Cost<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

Nessus is a freeware network-based vulnerability-scanning tool that identifies security holes <strong>on</strong><br />

network hosts.<br />

Retina<br />

Vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www.eeye.com/ $$$<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

Retina is a general-purpose network security scanner that identifies a large number of <strong>Web</strong> server<br />

vulnerabilities.<br />

SAINT<br />

Vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www.saintcorporati<strong>on</strong>.com/ $$$<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

SAINT is a network-based vulnerability-scanning tool that identifies security holes <strong>on</strong> network<br />

hosts.<br />

SARA<br />

Vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www-arc.com/sara/ Free<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong> SARA is a freeware network-based vulnerability-scanning tool that identifies security holes <strong>on</strong><br />

network hosts.<br />

$$$=This product involves a fee.<br />

<strong>Web</strong> Applicati<strong>on</strong> Scanning Tools<br />

Tool Capability <strong>Web</strong> Site Linux/<br />

Unix<br />

Win32<br />

Cost<br />

Acunetix<br />

<strong>Web</strong> vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www.acunetix.com/ $$$<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

Acunetix <strong>Web</strong> vulnerability scanner is a <strong>Web</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong> vulnerability scanner.<br />

AppScan<br />

<strong>Web</strong> vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www.watchfire.com/ $$$<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

Nikto<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

Paros<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

SiteDigger<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong><br />

SSLDigger<br />

AppScan is a <strong>Web</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong> vulnerability scanner.<br />

Comm<strong>on</strong><br />

Gateway<br />

Interface (CGI)<br />

vulnerability<br />

scanner<br />

http://www.cirt.net/code/nikto.shtml Free<br />

Nikto is scanner that identifies vulnerabilities in CGI scripts.<br />

<strong>Web</strong> proxy for<br />

security testing<br />

<strong>Web</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

http://www.parosproxy.org/index.shtml Free<br />

Paros allows for the intercepti<strong>on</strong> and modificati<strong>on</strong> of all Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and<br />

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) data between server and client, including cookies<br />

and form fields, and allows for the testing of <strong>Web</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong> security.<br />

A <strong>Web</strong><br />

vulnerability<br />

scanner that<br />

looks at Google’s<br />

data <strong>on</strong> your site<br />

http://www.foundst<strong>on</strong>e.com/us/resources/<br />

proddesc/sitedigger.htm<br />

SiteDigger searches Google’s cache to look for vulnerabilities, errors, c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong> issues,<br />

proprietary informati<strong>on</strong>, and interesting security nuggets <strong>on</strong> <strong>Web</strong> sites.<br />

SSL cipher<br />

interrogator<br />

http://www.foundst<strong>on</strong>e.com/us/resources/<br />

proddesc/ssldigger.htm<br />

<br />

<br />

Free<br />

Free<br />

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