Burp suite

Burp suite is both freeware and payable set of software for web application penetration testing, available to Windows, Linux and Macintosh users. Professional version is offered to businesses and users who want additional features and frequent updates. The current logo of Burp suite is same as the logo of the parent company, Portswigger, located in London, UK.

In a survey conducted by SecTools.org, Burp suite has been voted as the number 1 tool in web scanner software section and number 13 in over all.

History

 * 2009 - Burp suite 1.2.01 has been released on 4th February 2009 with some UI improvements. Burp suite 1.2.02 has been released on 11th of February 2009 adding a host header to CONNECT requests when using SSL with upstream proxies and was immediately followed by Burp suite 1.2.03 on 13th February 2009 with bug fixes. On 5th March 2009, Burp suite 1.2.04 has been released with user configurable DNS resolution and finer-grained control of active scan checks. Burp suite 1.2.05, released on 9th April 2009 introduced a new text editor for raw HTTP requests and responses and addressed some bugs.
 * 2008 - Almost an year after the previous release, Burp suite 1.2 was released to the public on 14th December 2008.
 * 2007 - Burp suite 1.1 has been released on 18 December 2007. Burp sequencer has been introduced in this version. The other notable features inclused some improvements in analysis and rendering of HTTP requests and responses and ability to follow 3xx redirects.
 * 2005 - The initial version, Burp suite 1.0 has been released on 12 Agust 2005.