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  2. Configuring

    You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.

  3. Scan Configuration Wizards

    You can quickly configure basic scans using the wizards.

  4. Wizard: Scan web application

    Lists the steps of this wizard.

  • Configuring

    You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.

    • Scan Configuration Wizards

      You can quickly configure basic scans using the wizards.

      • Launching the Scan Configuration Wizard
      • Wizard: Scan web application

        Lists the steps of this wizard.

        • URL and Servers

          Define the starting URL for the scan and any additional servers and domains that need to be included.

        • Connection Settings

          (Optional:) Configure proxy settings and server-level authentication if needed.

        • Login Management

          Configure the login method, and record the login procedure if needed.

        • Login Management Details

          (Optional:) Review and edit the login sequence you recorded.

        • Test Policy

          Limiting the scan to the specific types of tests you want can reduce scan time.

        • Test Optimization

          Test Optimization lets you take advantage of our ongoing statistical analysis for a faster scan.

        • Complete

          Having completed the steps of the wizard, you now decide how and when to start the scan that you have configured.

      • Wizard: Scan web services

        Lists the steps of this wizard.

      • Wizard: Incremental scan

        Lists the steps of this wizard.

    • Scan Configuration Dialog Box
    • Scan file structure

      Explains the basic structure of an AppScan Standard SCAN file.

    • Scan templates

      A scan template is simply a scan configuration that has been saved so that you can use it again.

    • Changing the configuration during a scan

Wizard: Scan web application

Lists the steps of this wizard.

From the Welcome Screen, click Scan web application.

  1. URL and Servers
  2. (Optional:) Connection Settings
  3. Login Management
  4. (Optional:) Login Management Details
  5. Test Policy
  6. Test Optimization
  7. Complete
  • URL and Servers
    Define the starting URL for the scan and any additional servers and domains that need to be included.
  • Connection Settings
    (Optional:) Configure proxy settings and server-level authentication if needed.
  • Login Management
    Configure the login method, and record the login procedure if needed.
  • Login Management Details
    (Optional:) Review and edit the login sequence you recorded.
  • Test Policy
    Limiting the scan to the specific types of tests you want can reduce scan time.
  • Test Optimization
    Test Optimization lets you take advantage of our ongoing statistical analysis for a faster scan.
  • Complete
    Having completed the steps of the wizard, you now decide how and when to start the scan that you have configured.
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