Optimizing your scan with advanced configuration options
Use this task to configure an advanced scan with complex configuration. Use this method for web applications that require a lot of user interaction to navigate the application or if you would like to just test a specific area of your application.
Procedure
- Go to the content scan job that you want to optimize.
- Add additional servers and domains to the scan. See Adding additional servers and domains to the scan.
- Find more content using XRules. See Creating XRules from templates.
- Set scan limits. See Setting scan limits.
- Exclude URLs from the scan. See Excluding URLs from a scan.
- Identify unique URLs and forms. See Normalizing URLs and forms.
- Define parameters and cookies, such as Session IDs. See Defining parameters and cookies.
- Configure login and logout pages. See Handling login and logout pages.
- Connect to the web server. See Connecting to a web server.
- Provide usernames and passwords for the website. See Authenticating to the website.
- Complete web forms automatically. See Completing web forms automatically.
- Identify custom error pages so the scan recognizes them. See Identifying custom error pages so the scan recognizes them.