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Penetration Testing Information Gathering For Web Server Fingerprinting
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One of the available options is to gather information about the server is to understand the server configuration. This is referred to as web server fingerprinting. With the web server fingerprinting, the pentester tries to identify the type and version of the web server that a target application or website is using.
The information gathered from this type of test can be used to determine the type of potential vulnerability available in the target. Servers that are running outdated software are likely to be more prone to attack because an old version of the software may not have up-to-date security patches.
Knowing the server configuration will help the tester to search for any known vulnerability that may ultimately affect the security of a web application...More
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