Burp Suite Set Up

It is a proxy tool which can intercept requests and is often used for evaluating security of web-based applications and doing hands-on testing

It comes with 3 editions out of which community edition is free — Download Burp Suite Community Edition — PortSwigger

It is recommended to use burpsuite on port 8081 rather than 8080, so in order to change it we can

• Go to Proxy tab
• Click on options

• Click and edit the proxy listeners and change the port to 8081
• Click OK

• Open firefox
• Swipe all the way down to Network Settings, click settings
• Select Manual proxy Configuration
• Change the HTTP Proxy to 127.0.0.1 and Port to 8081
• Select also use this proxy for FTP and HTTPS

• Click OK

To download the certificate

• Go to http://burp and on the top right corner click CA Certificate

• Save it
• Open your firefox’s preferences
• Search for “certificates”
• Import the newly downloaded certificate
• Tick the checkboxes

• Click OK