The Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is a web app scanner.
It can help you automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications while you are developing and testing your applications. It’s also a tool for experienced pentesters to use for manual security testing.
At its core, ZAP is what is known as a “manipulator-in-the-middle proxy.” It stands between the tester’s browser and the web application so that it can intercept and inspect messages sent between browser and web application, modify the contents if needed, and then forward those packets on to the destination. It can be used as a stand-alone application, and as a daemon process.
ZAP provides functionality for a range of skill levels – from developers, to testers new to security testing, to security testing specialists. ZAP has versions for each major OS and Docker, so you are not tied to a single OS. Additional functionality is freely available from a variety of add-ons in the ZAP Marketplace, accessible from within the ZAP client.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy
Support:
Developer: Checkmarx
License: Apache License 2.0
ZAP is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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