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QUESTION POSED ON: 30 January 2008
Can Process Explorer be used as a tool to test the security of Web applications? How could I do this and how effective would it be?

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EXPERT RESPONSE
Sure. You can use Process Explorer to monitor detailed Web browser information, such as performance and specific threads, as shown in the following screenshot:


Process Explorer monitors Web browser security information.

This information could be very useful for seeing how particular application plug-ins work and for analyzing the overall behavior of the application.

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