---
name: "spikeproxy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spikeproxy"
version: "1.4.8-4.4"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spikeproxy"
---

# spikeproxy(1)

web application auditing tool

## NAME

spikeproxy - web application auditing tool

## SYNOPSIS

**spkproxy** **\[-s SSLproxyhost\] \[-p port\] \[-U NTLMUser\] \[-D NTLMDomain\] \[-P NTLMPassword\]** **\[-l ListenHost\] \[-c cache\_directory\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **spikeproxy** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

SPIKE proXY functions as an HTTP and HTTPS proxy, and allows  web developers or web application auditors low level access to  the entire web application interface, while also providing a  number  of automated tools and techniques for discovering common problems. These automated tools include:

1\.Automated SQL Injection Detection

2\.Web Site Crawling (guaranteed not to crawl sites other than the one being tested)

3\.Login form brute forcing

4\.Automated overflow detection

5\.Automated directory traversal detection

In addition to automated analysis, SPIKE proXy allows the user to  penetrate into the internals of the web application by viewing and  changing all variables, cookies, headers, or other parts of the request  and resubmit them. SPIKE proXy maintains a careful record of each request  made - saving both each request, and the entire response. The user can  later go back and replace any request or view any response.

## OPTIONS

This program can be configured with the options listed below. The options may be given in any order.

- \-c cache directory

  The directory that will be used to cache all the requests. This directory is created if it does not exist. The default location is **/var/cache/spikeproxy** but it can only be used by the **root** user. -l listenhost The IP address the proxy will listen on (it defaults to 127.0.0.1 so it is not available from external hosts).

- \-p port

  This option sets the port the proxy will listen on (it defaults to 8080 if not provided).

- \-h proxyHost

  Sets a proxy host to use in the proxy chain.  Spike will forward all requests to this proxy.

- \-H proxyPort

  Sets the port for the proxy host.

- \-s proxySSLHost

  Sets a proxy host for SSL connections. Spike will forward all SSL requests to this proxy.

- \-S proxySSLPort

  Sets the port for the SSL proxy host.

- \-U NTLM Username

  Defines the NTLM username it will use when authenticating to the proxy host.

- \-P NTLM Password

  Sets the password it will use when authenticating to the proxy host.

- \-D NTLM Domain

  Sets the NTLM domain it will use when providing credentials to the proxy host.

## SEE ALSO

The program provides inline documentation in the user interface when connected to it through a web client. If you are trying to audit a  web application you might want to read *OWASP Guide to Building Secure Web Applications and Web Services*, *Application Security Attack Components project*, *Application Security Testing Framework*, and the *OWASP Web Application Security TopTen* available at http://www.owasp.org and the *World Wide Web Security FAQ* available at http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by  Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a \<jfs@computer.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).