OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Project

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The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.

It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who a new to penetration testing.

ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.

The current version of ZAP is 1.1.0 and it can be downloaded from the Google Code page.

Some of ZAP's features:


 * Intercepting Proxy
 * Automated scanner
 * Passive scanner
 * Brute Force scanner
 * Port scanner
 * Spider

Some of ZAP's characteristics:


 * Easy to install (just requires java 1.6)
 * Ease of use a priority
 * Comprehensive help pages
 * Under active development
 * Open source
 * Free (no paid for 'Pro' version)
 * Cross platform
 * Involvement actively encouraged

ZAP is a fork of the well regarded Paros Proxy.

Release 1.1.0
This release adds the following main features:
 * Brute Force scanner c/o the OWASP DirBuster project
 * Port scanner
 * Active Scan tab
 * Enhancements to the Spider tab
 * Smartcard support c/o Andiparos
 * A new 'Attack' menu
 * More internationalisation (all main tabs and menu items)
 * Localisation: Brazilian Portuguese, German, Polish and Spanish

Release 1.2.0
This release is still being planned, but is likely to include:
 * Fuzzing (using components from JBroFuzz)
 * Further improvements to the passive and active automated scanners
 * Further improvements the Spider

Get Involved
Involvement in the development of ZAP is actively encouraged!

You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute.

Some of the ways you can help:

Feedback
Please use the zaproxy-develop Google Group for feadback:
 * What do like?
 * What dont you like?
 * What features could be made easier to use?
 * Which of the planned features would you like to see implemented first?
 * What other features would you like to see?
 * How could the help pages be improved?

Log issues
Have you had a problem using ZAP?

If so and its not already been logged then please report it

Localization
Are you fluent in another language? Can you help translate ZAP into that language?

If so then please get in touch.

Development
If you fancy having a go at adding functionality to ZAP then please get in touch via the zaproxy-develop Google Group.

Again, you do not have to be a security expect to contribute code - working on ZAP could be great way to learn more about web application security!

If you actively contribute to ZAP then you will be invited to join the project.