Firesheep Alternatives

Firesheep is described as 'When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks to see if an account matching this information exists and if so, replies back to you with a "cookie" which is used by your browser for all subsequent requests' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are 2 alternatives to Firesheep for Linux, Mac and Windows. The best Firesheep alternative is Cookie Cadger, which is both free and Open Source.

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    Cookie Cadger

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    Cookie Cadger helps identify information leakage from applications that utilize insecure HTTP GET requests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    CookieMonster

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    CookieMonster that demonstrates HTTP session hijacking attacks. It sniff your network interface and hijack all cookie. The hijacked cookies can be edit and/or injected in your Firefox.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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