What is security testing? How to test the web application
using security testing ?

Answer Posted / gowrisankar.m

Security Testing means, One will perform Testing on the
Security Issues of that Application. i.e checking whether it
is properly secured or not. This can be done in 3 ways.

1) Authorization Testing:
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It means testing the application by entering different User
Names and Passwords. The application should work only
Authorized persons only.

2)Direct URl Testing:
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It means by performing Testing on application by copying
the URL's of some secured pages and past it in the Browser,
then it should not work.

3)Firewall Leakage Testing :
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This testing involves that the User Enters in to the
Application as one level of user and try to Access the
application as another Level of User, then the application
should not work for this actions.

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