theeCB: A tool to programmatically circumvent HTTP proxy caches

In recent years as the internet has evolved and there have been major advances in technology, demands on the web infrastructure has grown. An increasing growth of the internet without any performance enhancing measures would lead to overloading. Caching helps to resolve this issue by storing copies of certain data for later usages. This stored data can then be delivered much faster than to retrieve the data from the web application. While speeding up response times, insecure cache configuration can lead to vulnerabilities. In this thesis, we have developed a cache detection tool, theeCB, that informs the user if a web application uses a form of caching mechanism. This tool can be useful for discovering whether a web application uses some cache mechanisms, and which caching rules are used. The goal of this tool is to bring useful information, that can be further used in penetration testing, or for debugging purposes