This is the Linux app named Web Security Audit whose latest release can be downloaded as wsa_opera_addon.zip. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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SCREENSHOTS:
Web Security Audit
DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this project is to build an add-on for browser that passively audits the security posture of the websites that the user is visiting. Assume that the tool is to be used on non-malicious websites, currently not under attack or compromised. Add-on wants to report security misconfigurations, or failure to use best security practices.- Add-on tries to analysis the commonly vulnerable setting of servers: lack of use of security-relevant headers, including:
- strict-transport-security
- x-xss-protection
- content-security-policy
- x-frame-options
- x-content-type-options
Features
- It doesn't to interfere with the functioning of the visited website.
- It doesn't tamper with request parameters, or issue requests that were not initiated by the user (it is not active scanning).
- Incrementally generate a report in a separate window.
- Each report entry have a numeric score to indicate approximately its severity, as a way to prioritise further investigation by a human analyst [Common Vulnerability Scoring System] (see on Wikipedia).
Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers
User interface
Web-based
Programming Language
JavaScript
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/web-security-audit/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.