Identifying firewalls with Wafw00f

Before getting started with Wafw00f, one must know what a firewall is. 

A firewall analyze and filter incoming traffic coming from unknown sources. Wikipedia defines a firewall as a network security system that monitors and controls incoming network traffic based on predetermined security rules. 

Wafw00f allows one to identify and fingerprint Web Application Firewall (WAF) products protectimg a website. 

Install

To install Wafw00f, clone or download from here

OR

Open a terminal and type the following commands

git clone https://github.com/EnableSecurity/wafw00f.git

cd waf00f

python setup.py install

Usage

wafw00h -h

wafw00f http://scanme.org/

Try out Wafw00f with more options and websites. Be careful! Not all websites allow this.

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