Thanks, just running some of their tools against our app - all good so far, if there's anything of interest I'll let you know (possibly off forum first :))
On Monday, 5 October 2015 12:25:20 UTC+2, Niphlod wrote: > > here in ***undisclosed company**** web2py survives a > https://www.qualys.com/ security scan with no reports whatsoever. > > On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 2:47:44 PM UTC+2, Ian Ryder wrote: >> >> Hi, just looking back over anything about penetration testing and web2py >> - does anyone know of any recent (or any at all) testing of web2py? We're >> getting close to our first customers on an app we've been developing the >> last year so really need to try and pick it to pieces now while we have a >> few months to work on anything we need to. >> >> Thanks >> Ian >> >> On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 19:42:46 UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Dave for the feedback. It would be nice to have the results of >>> those tests (Cenznic, Hailstorm, Quails) published somewhere. Once in a >>> while people ask about this. >>> >>> Massimo >>> >>> On Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:28:39 UTC-5, Dave wrote: >>>> >>>> Well.... >>>> >>>> I can't say that I have tested the current trunk version, but last >>>> December I ran a pretty exhaustive penetration test against a site >>>> developed web2py. The results were very good. No findings above low. >>>> The >>>> low findings were insignificant. I ran Cenzic Hailstorm, Qualys and one >>>> other automated vulnerability test suite (I cant remember which at the >>>> moment) against it without issue. >>>> >>>> Here are some things that can cause issue though... >>>> >>>> * anywhere you use the XML() method in a view you should make sure you >>>> have validation turned on. Even though the framework is resilient and >>>> does >>>> a good job of sanitizing data in & out, you can still end up in XSS or >>>> XSRF >>>> trouble with XML(). >>>> >>>> * redirects can trip up or slow down a lot of vuln scanners. Watch out >>>> if you perform your own testing that you're not getting false negatives. >>>> >>>> I know some people that would take on a more "formal" assessment if >>>> there is consensus.... >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 9, 2012 11:48:39 AM UTC-4, scausten wrote: >>>>> >>>>> One of the awesome things about web2py is of course the built-in and >>>>> well-documented resilience against a range of attack methods, but I was >>>>> wondering if anyone has attempted a methodical (white-hat) attack to >>>>> probe >>>>> any potential weaknesses? >>>>> >>>>> Just out of interest :) >>>>> >>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
