Chapter 2. Reconnaissance

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Scanning and identifying services with Nmap
• Identifying a web application firewall
• Watching the source code
• Using Firebug to analyze and alter basic behavior
• Obtaining and modifying cookies
• Taking advantage of robots.txt
• Finding files and folders with DirBuster
• Password profiling with CeWL
• Using John the Ripper to generate a dictionary
• Finding files and folders with ZAP