Project Options Tab

Difference of User Options and Project Options in Burp Suite

Created: 2022-07-08
Tags: #fleeting


Some options here overwrites the defaults in User Options and their sub tabs in Burp Suite explained

  • Connections options can be used to override User Options. There are a Few differences between this sub-tab and that of the User options,
    • "Hostname Resolution"
      ->(allows you to map domains to IPs directly within Burp Suite as can
    • "Out-of-Scope Requests"
      -> determine whether Burp will send requests to anything you aren't explicitly targeting
  • HTTP defines how Burp handles various aspects of the HTTP protocol: for example, whether it follows redirects or how to handle unusual response codes.
  • TLS allows override application-wide TLS options, as well as showing us a list of public server certificates for sites that we have visited.
  • Sessions provides options for handling sessions.
    -> Allows us to define how Burp obtains, saves, and uses session cookies that it receives from target sites.
    -> Allows us to define macros which we can use to automate things such as logging into web applications (giving us an instant authenticated session, assuming we have valid credentials).
  • Misc Options for logging and the embedded browser

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