[Bro] Bro Script to detect plain text passwords?

Nick Pratley npratley at redhat.com
Tue Nov 4 18:25:51 PST 2014


An example of detecting HTTP basic authentication is given here:
http://ryesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/learning-bro-scripting-language.html


On 11/05/2014 10:32 AM, anthony kasza wrote:
> Absolutely. This is something well suited for Bro's policy scripts.
> 
> -AK
> 
> On Nov 4, 2014 3:45 PM, "Jeff Hammett" <jeff at jeffhammett.com <mailto:jeff at jeffhammett.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I recently demo’d Tenable’s Passive Vulnerability Scanner, but found that it wasn’t a good fit
>     for my environment. However it did have one nice feature I liked, the ability to detect
>     passwords sent in plain text.
> 
>     Does Bro have this functionality? Or would it be feasible to write a script to do so? (I haven’t
>     written any scripts yet, but am interested).
> 
>     I think I would be most interested in detecting plain text passwords used for http logins, but
>     wouldn’t mind monitoring for other protocols as well.
> 
>     Jeff
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