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Configuring
You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.
Scan Configuration Dialog Box
URL and Servers view
URL and Servers view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
Additional Servers and Domains
You can include domains other than that of the Starting URL in the scan.

Configuring
You configure a scan by choosing settings that best describe your application, and the kind of testing you want.
- Scan Configuration Wizards
  You can quickly configure basic scans using the wizards.
- Scan Configuration Dialog Box
  - URL and Servers view
    URL and Servers view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
    - Limiting scan to the Starting URL folder
      You can easily limit a scan to within and below the folder of the Starting URL.
    - Additional Servers and Domains
      You can include domains other than that of the Starting URL in the scan.
    - Changing the Starting URL host
      You can change the host, scheme, or port in the Starting URL of a configured scan, without re-recording the login, multi-step operations, or manual explore data.
  - Login Management view
    Login Management view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
  - Environment Definition view
    Environment Definition view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Exclude Paths and Files view
    Exclude Paths and Files view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Explore Options view
    Explore Options view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Parameters and Cookies view
    Parameters and Cookies view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Automatic Form Fill view
    Automatic Form Fill view of the Configuration dialog box contains the values used to fill forms in your application.
  - Error Pages view
    Error Pages view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Multi-Step Operations view
    Multi-Step Operations view of the Configuration dialog box is for testing parts of the site that can only be reached by clicking links in a specific order.
  - Content-Based Results view
    Content-Based view of the Configuration dialog box. You can use this view to define a logical structure for the application tree, if AppScan® will not be able to do this based on URL structure.
  - Communication and Proxy view
    Communication and Proxy (if AppScan needs a proxy to access the tested application) view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - HTTP Authentication view
    HTTP Authentication view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - 3rd Party Authentication view
    3rd Party Authentication view of the Configuration dialog box lets you configure AWS settings.
  - Test Policy view
    Test Policy view of the Configuration dialog box shows details of the current test policy.
  - Test Optimization view
    Test Optimization uses AppScan’s intelligent test filtering to achive faster scans, when speed is needed, with minimal loss of issue coverage. You choose between four optimization levels depending on your needs.
  - Test Options view
    Test Options view of the Configuration dialog box.
  - Privilege Escalation view
    Privilege Escalation view of the Configuration dialog box lets you compare results for different user levels.
  - Scan Expert view
    Scan Expert view of the Scan Configuration dialog box.
  - Advanced Configuration view
    The Advanced Configuration tab of the Scan Configuration dialog box is used to change advanced registry settings that affect specific scans (Scan Configuration > Advanced Configuration tab), and it should only be used by experienced AppScan users, or when instructed to do so by the support team to troubleshoot a problem.
- Scan file structure
  Explains the basic structure of an AppScan Standard SCAN file.
- Scan templates
  A scan template is simply a scan configuration that has been saved so that you can use it again.
- Changing the configuration during a scan

Additional Servers and Domains

You can include domains other than that of the Starting URL in the scan.

About this task

If your application includes links to domains other than the domain of the Starting URL, you must add them here in order for AppScan® to include them in the scan.

Note: You can only add servers/domains that are included in your AppScan® license.

Procedure

To add a server, click and type in the server/domain name.

Example: demo.testfire.net or 65.61.137.117

The server is added to the list.
To edit a server in the list, select it and click
To delete a server from the list, select it and click