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Synopsys Defensics vs w3af comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Synopsys Defensics
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Fuzz Testing Tools (5th)
w3af
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (42nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Synopsys Defensics and w3af aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Synopsys Defensics is designed for Fuzz Testing Tools and holds a mindshare of 23.1%, up 14.9% compared to last year.
w3af, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 0.2% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
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Featured Reviews

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Product security tests for switches and router sections
Codenomicon Defensics should be more advanced for the testing sector. It should be somewhat easy and flexible to install. What I see in the documentation isn't that. Even if something doesn't malfunction, sometimes it is hard to install and execute. The product needs video documentation. This would help a lot more.
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It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
I tried to install this on numerous systems and eventually, with help, I got it running. It needs far too many dependencies installed and there's too much messing about to be of much use. Once running, it's buggy and begs the question can it be relied upon? Even within Kali it reports website time-outs, yet Zap or Burp are able to do a successful scan. I wanted this to work so much and be able to use it as an additional check of my results but have now binned it.
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
6%
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Company Size

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Also Known As

Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
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Sample Customers

Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
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