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This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.
PowerTools
AppScan offers access to five utilities (PowerTools), each providing a specific feature to help you manage your application security or to help you use AppScan.
HTTP Request Editor
The HTTP Request Editor PowerTool enables you to send a fully-controlled HTTP request to your site, to test how your site responds to different kinds of HTTP request.
Request tab
Request settings

Tools
This section explains how to use additional tools provided with HCL AppScan Standard.
- Options dialog box
  This section describes options you can control, to customize AppScan, from the Options dialog box (Tools > Options).
- Web Services Wizard extension
  This extension lets you scan using Open API description files. It is available from Tools > Extensions > Web Services Wizard (Open API), and the extension is enabled by default.
- Scan Scheduler
- User-Defined Tests
- PowerTools
  AppScan offers access to five utilities (PowerTools), each providing a specific feature to help you manage your application security or to help you use AppScan.
  - Authentication Tester
    The Authentication Tester PowerTool is a testing utility that uses the "brute-force" technique to reveal weak username-password combinations that could be used to gain access to your web application. (A brute force attack is an automated process of trial and error used to guess authentication credentials, causing a server to acknowledge an imposter as a legitimate user.)
  - Connection Test
    The Connection Test PowerTool enables you to ping web sites without using the Ping protocol, which is blocked by many firewalls.
  - Encode/Decode
    The Encode/Decode PowerTool encodes and decodes strings you put into it, to and from the format of your choice.
  - Expression Test
    Writing precise regular expressions can be a tedious trial-and-error process. You can use the Expression Test PowerTool to help accelerate the process.
  - HTTP Request Editor
    The HTTP Request Editor PowerTool enables you to send a fully-controlled HTTP request to your site, to test how your site responds to different kinds of HTTP request.
- Customizing the Tools menu
- Extensions
- Logs
  Logs can help you troubleshooting.
- Searching Results
  You can filter the Result List in any of the views, for specific data.

Request settings


Setting	Description
Host	Type in the IP address or hostname of your website.
Port	Type in the TCP port on which your web server is listening. Default=80
Method	Select a method from the drop-down menu, or enter a value for the method request parameter. The default drop-down menu includes: GET: Retrieve all information identified by the Request-URI. POST: Request that origin server accept an entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. The actual function performed by this method is determined by the server and is usually dependent on the Request-URI. HEAD: Retrieve information identified by the Request-URI, but the server must not return a message-body in response. Meta-information in the HTTP headers received in response to a HEAD request are the same as those received in response to a GET request. Use to obtain information without transferring the entire body; often used to test hypertext links for validity, accessibility, and modifications.
Secure	Check to send request using HTTPS.
URL	Enter or paste a URL. You can view the list of links extracted from the last response in the Response Tab.
HTTP Version	Enter the version number of the HTTP protocol that the request should use. Default=1.1
Auto Content Length	When checked, HTTP Request Editor will automatically calculate and add the Content-Length header and its correct value.