ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy)
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- Apache License 2.0
- Programming language
- Java
- Author
- Simon Bennetts
- Latest release
- 2.15.0
- Latest release date
Project health
Introduction
ZAP is an intercepting proxy of web traffic. You will need to configure your browser to connect to the web application you wish to test through ZAP.
Note: Zed Attack Proxy, or ZAP, is also known as zaproxy.
Usage and audience
ZAP is commonly used for penetration testing, security assessment, software testing, or web application analysis. Target users for this tool are pentesters and security professionals.
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + More than 50 contributors
- + More than 8000 GitHub stars
- + Many maintainers
- + The source code of this software is available
Weaknesses
- - Many reported issues are still open
History and highlights
- Demo at Black Hat Europe 2016 Arsenal
Installation
Supported operating systems
ZAP is known to work on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS.
ZAP alternatives
Similar tools to ZAP:
Arachni
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Yasuo
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SQLMate
SQLMate is a security tool that calls itself a friend of SQLMap. It has similar functionality, yet comes with additional features like finding an admin panel and improved hash cracking. The tool can find possible vulnerable targets, with the option to save the results and feed it to others, like SQLMap.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a web application scanner, web application security scanner, and web application security tool.