You can set AppScan to act as a proxy server and
then manually explore your application using a third part browsing utility. In this mode of
operation, AppScan records the HTTP/HTTPS traffic going
through it, analyzes it, and creates the appropriate tests.
About this task
In the unlikely event of the built-inAppScan browsers
producing error messages while your external browser does not, you may use this facility to
browse manually using an external browser, with AppScan
as proxy. (If this happens, contact the AppScan®
support team so the issue can be resolved.)
Procedure
- Make sure that AppScan is not configured to use Internet Explorer proxy settings.
In Scan Configuration > Connection View, do one of the following:
- Select Don't use proxy
- Select Use custom proxy settings; type in proxy address,
port, and authentication information.
Note: If you do not do this the setting is automatically
changed to Don't use proxy when you start exploring.
- Find the AppScan listening port. Open Tools > Options > Recording Proxy tab (see Recording Proxy tab).
The Proxy Port area shows the port that AppScan is using to listen
to traffic going to the web application. It may be a port that AppScan assigned to itself
(the port number you are looking for will be gray), or a port that
you selected manually.
- Configure your web browser to use AppScan as its proxy:
In your browser, find the section for configuring a proxy
server. Change the hostname or address to the IP address (localhost
is usually an acceptable entry) in use by the machine running AppScan, and change the port
to the AppScan listening
port.
- Perform a Manual Explore of your application (see Using a browser for full details):
- Click Scan > Manual Explore, to open the AppScan internal browser.
- Without closing the internal browser, open your external
browser.
- Manually explore the application as necessary.
- Close the external browser.
- Close the AppScan internal browser.