Setting Up Burp Suite in Firefox
Burp-suite Proxy is an interactive HTTPS proxy between the web application and the browser (man-in-the-middle). It allows users to intercept, inspect, modify the raw traffic that passes through.
1. Set up your browser
In order to use Burp-suite you have to set up your browser to use Burp-suite as a proxy. In Ice weasel you can install a plugin called foxy proxy, where you can easily change the proxy settings. Burp-suite is running by default on loop back interface port 8080.
2. Burp-suite proxy options in detail.
There are 3 tabs under the proxy tool: Intercept, History and Options.
On the Intercept tab you can do several operation on the packages. If the Intercept is on then the proxy halts the package and you can inspect it, change any data you want, than decide whether you want to Forward it or Drop it. There are 4 tabs where you can inspect further the packets in different views.
Burp Suite Free Edition v1.5_002
Burp-suite Proxy Intercept mode
On the History tab you can monitor what packages Burp-suite captured and you can send them to different tools for further analysis.
Burpsuite Proxy History
Finally, on the Options tab you can customize the behavior of the proxy tool.
Burp Suite proffesional Edition
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