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.
  - 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.
    - Form properties
      Form Properties view of the Configuration dialog box lists the values that AppScan® will use to fill in forms automatically.
      - Exporting and Importing Form Properties
      - Importing a saved ASFF file
  - 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

Form properties

Form Properties view of the Configuration dialog box lists the values that AppScan® will use to fill in forms automatically.

About this task

You can add to or edit the Form Properties that AppScan® uses to automatically fill forms during scanning.

Procedure

To add a new definition, click

(or, to edit an existing form property, select it and click

).

The Form Properties dialog box appears.


Column	Description
Description	A name that describes the parameter.
Parameters	The name, or part of the name, that is used to define this parameter in the HTML. When AppScan finds a field with this parameter name it fills in the value supplied. To enter multiple parameter names in one row, use a comma without a space. Example: Description: Zip Code \| Parameters: zip,postal
Value	The user input that AppScan will send for this parameter.
Match Type	Defines how AppScan will search for the parameter defined here, and how it relates to field-filling options supplied by the site. Options are "Partial" or "Complete." Complete: The value will be input only for parameters that exactly match one of the text strings in the Parameters field. (For example, the parameter defined as `addr`, will not be used for a field named `address`.) Furthermore, if the field offers a drill-down list of options, this value will be used only if it exactly matches one of the options. Partial: This value will be input for parameters that match or partially match one of the parameter strings listed here. (For example, if the parameter is defined as `addr`, it will also be used for a fields named `address`, or `ADDR`.) Furthermore, if the field offers a drill-down list of options, and none of the options exactly match the value entered here, a close match will be used instead.
URL	If this field is left empty, this value will be used for this parameter regardless of URL. If a specific URL is given, this value will be used for only for parameters that occur in this URL. (You can therefore define a parameter one way for one URL and differently for another.) However, if there is no other row with the same parameters and an empty URL, the value of this row is default for all other URLs too.

Example

Exporting and Importing Form Properties

Importing a saved ASFF file