Paros Proxy is a Java application (also included in Backtrack) that comes as a .jar file, which means it can run on any operating system, provided you have the latest java runtime (1.4x) installed. Moreover, Paros Proxy has a lot of features; it analysis HTTP message structure, renders HTML content in responses as it would appear in the browser, it has the ability to display and edit messaged in text and hexadecimal form. It allows the automatic updating of the HTTP Content-Length header following any manual editing of message contents. We are not able to show you all the usage of this app but we will try to focus on one function: To start using the tool Paros Proxy, one the proxy port has been set in your browser, simply double clicking the .jar file, and then start the browser and enter the URL that needs testing. For the purposes of this article we will be using http://demote.tesfire.net/ The site map, which is visible in Paros Proxy under the Sites tab, should then show the
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