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.
- Scan Configuration Dialog Box
  - URL and Servers view
    URL and Servers view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
  - Login Management view
    Login Management view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
    - Login tab
      Scan Configuration > Login Management > Login tab.
    - Review & Validate tab
      Scan Configuration > Login Management > Review & Validate tab
    - Session IDs tab
      Scan Configuration > Login Management > Session IDs tab.
    - Advanced tab
      Scan Configuration > Login Management > Advanced tab.
  - Environment Definition view
    Environment Definition view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Exclude Paths and Files view
    Exclude Paths and Files view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Explore Options view
    Explore Options view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Parameters and Cookies view
    Parameters and Cookies view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Automatic Form Fill view
    Automatic Form Fill view of the Configuration dialog box contains the values used to fill forms in your application.
  - Error Pages view
    Error Pages view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Multi-Step Operations view
    Multi-Step Operations view of the Configuration dialog box is for testing parts of the site that can only be reached by clicking links in a specific order.
  - Content-Based Results view
    Content-Based view of the Configuration dialog box. You can use this view to define a logical structure for the application tree, if AppScan® will not be able to do this based on URL structure.
  - Communication and Proxy view
    Communication and Proxy (if AppScan needs a proxy to access the tested application) view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - HTTP Authentication view
    HTTP Authentication view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - 3rd Party Authentication view
    3rd Party Authentication view of the Configuration dialog box lets you configure AWS settings.
  - Test Policy view
    Test Policy view of the Configuration dialog box shows details of the current test policy.
  - Test Optimization view
    Test Optimization uses AppScan’s intelligent test filtering to achive faster scans, when speed is needed, with minimal loss of issue coverage. You choose between four optimization levels depending on your needs.
  - Test Options view
    Test Options view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Privilege Escalation view
    Privilege Escalation view of the Configuration dialog box lets you compare results for different user levels.
  - Scan Expert view
    Scan Expert view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
  - Advanced Configuration view
    The Advanced Configuration tab of the Scan Configuration dialog box is used to change advanced registry settings that affect specific scans (Scan Configuration > Advanced Configuration tab), and it should only be used by experienced AppScan users, or when instructed to do so by the support team to troubleshoot a problem.
- 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

Login Management view

Login Management view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.

Login Management view of the Scan Configuration dialog box is used for configuring how AppScan® logs in to your application, and how it recognizes when it has been logged out. You can log in with the built-in AppScan Chromium browser s

AppScan can automatically detect login requests and fills in the username and password parameters. If your application has a non-standard login sequence of actions, you can record these actions for AppScan to use.

Login Management view has these tabs:


Tab	Description
Login tab	The Login Management view of the Scan Configuration dialog box is used to define how AppScan® logs in to your application, and how it can recognize when it gets logged out.
Review & Validate tab	When you record a login sequence, AppScan records both the actions and the requests. These are shown on the two sub tabs: Actions and Requests. When replaying the login AppScan attempts (by default) to reproduce the action-based login; if this is unsuccessful it uses the request-based login.
Session IDs tab	The Session IDs tab of Login Management view is used to review and manage the tracking of variables (session IDs) received during the recorded login.
Advanced	The Session IDs tab of Login Management view is used to review and manage the tracking of variables (session IDs) received during the recorded login.