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Add comprehensive security improvements to proxy detection tool
- Implement selective SSL verification with --verify-ssl flag - Add advanced input validation for hostnames, ports, and file paths - Add configurable rate limiting with --rate-limit and --rate-window options - Prevent localhost/private address access (security hardening) - Add directory traversal protection for file paths - Implement comprehensive DoS protection with size limits - Enhance error handling with secure error messages - Add DNS rebinding protection through hostname validation - Update README.md with detailed security features documentation - Add security best practices and usage examples - Replace insecure random generators with cryptographically secure ones - Improve port specification validation with range limits
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README.md

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- **High-Performance Asynchronous Scanning**: Utilizes `asyncio` for efficient port scanning and analysis.
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- **IPv4 and IPv6 Support**: Capable of analyzing both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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- **Rate Limiting**: Implements rate limiting to prevent overwhelming target servers.
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- **Custom Port Ranges**: Allows users to specify custom port ranges or additional common ports.
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- **Comprehensive SSL/TLS Information**: Provides detailed SSL/TLS certificate data, including cipher suites, protocol versions, and certificate validity.
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- **Advanced Rate Limiting**: Implements configurable rate limiting to prevent overwhelming target servers (1-100 concurrent connections).
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- **Custom Port Ranges**: Allows users to specify custom port ranges or additional common ports with comprehensive validation.
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- **Secure SSL/TLS Analysis**: Provides detailed SSL/TLS certificate data with optional strict verification to detect certificate issues.
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- **Advanced Input Validation**: Comprehensive security validation for hostnames, ports, and file paths to prevent injection attacks.
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- **Advanced HTTP(S) Header Analysis**: Examines a wide range of headers to detect proxies, load balancers, and WAFs, with dynamic lists.
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- **Banner Grabbing**: Retrieves service banners to identify running services on open ports.
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- **Banner Grabbing**: Retrieves service banners to identify running services on open ports with rate limiting.
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- **Flexible Output Options**: Supports text, JSON, and CSV output formats.
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- **Redirect Chain Tracking**: Follows and reports on HTTP and HTTPS redirects.
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- **WAF Detection**: Identifies common Web Application Firewalls based on specific headers, with dynamic lists.
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- **GeoIP Lookup**: Provides geolocation information for target IP addresses.
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- **Modular Design**: Code is organized into functions and modules for better readability and maintainability.
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- **Dynamic Indicator Lists**: Loads proxy and WAF indicators from external files for easy updates.
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- **Security Hardening**: Built-in protection against common security vulnerabilities including directory traversal and DoS attacks.
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## Requirements
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- `-f, --file`: Output file path to save results.
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- `-l, --log-level`: Set the logging level, choices are 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR' (default: 'INFO').
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- `-v, --verbose`: Enable verbose output (equivalent to `--log-level DEBUG`).
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- `--verify-ssl`: Enable SSL certificate verification (default: disabled).
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- `--rate-limit`: Maximum concurrent connections (default: 5, range: 1-100).
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- `--rate-window`: Rate limiting time window in seconds (default: 1.0).
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- `-h, --help`: Show help message and exit.
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**Note**: You must specify either `-t/--target` or `-T/--target-file`.
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Analysis completed in 3.18 seconds.
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```
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## Security Features
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This tool includes comprehensive security hardening to protect against common vulnerabilities and ensure safe scanning:
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### Input Validation & Sanitization
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- **Hostname Validation**: Prevents malicious hostnames, blocks localhost/private IPs (127.0.0.1, ::1), validates IP formats, and checks IDNA encoding
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- **Port Security**: Restricts to valid port ranges (1-65535), prevents oversized ranges, blocks duplicates, and limits range sizes to 1000 ports
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- **File Path Protection**: Prevents directory traversal attacks, validates path lengths, and resolves symbolic links safely
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### Advanced Rate Limiting
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- **Configurable Concurrency**: Set maximum concurrent connections (1-100) using `--rate-limit`
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- **Sliding Window Control**: Adjust time window for rate limiting using `--rate-window` (default: 1.0 seconds)
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- **Thread-Safe Implementation**: Uses advanced rate limiting class with proper locking mechanisms
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- **DOS Protection**: Built-in protection against resource exhaustion through controlled concurrent operations
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### SSL/TLS Security
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- **Selective SSL Verification**: Enable/disable SSL certificate verification with `--verify-ssl` flag
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- **Enhanced Error Reporting**: Differentiates between SSL verification failures and connection errors
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- **Certificate Analysis**: Maintains full SSL/TLS certificate information with optional strict validation
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### Security Hardening
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- **Resource Limits**: Prevents DoS through input size restrictions (1000 char ports, 50 max port ranges)
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- **Memory Protection**: Bounded buffer sizes and controlled memory usage
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- **Injection Prevention**: Multiple layers of input validation to prevent command injection
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- **DNS Rebinding Protection**: Hostname validation prevents DNS rebinding attacks
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### Usage Examples with Security Options
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```bash
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# Enable SSL verification for production scanning
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python testproxy.py -t example.com --verify-ssl
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# Custom rate limiting for large-scale scanning
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python testproxy.py -t example.com --rate-limit 20 --rate-window 2.0
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# Secure scanning with combined security options
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python testproxy.py -t example.com --verify-ssl --rate-limit 10 --rate-window 1.5 -v
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```
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### Best Practices for Security
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1. **Always use `--verify-ssl`** in production environments
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2. **Adjust rate limiting** based on network capacity and target tolerance
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3. **Validate inputs** - the tool provides extensive built-in validation
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4. **Use appropriate logging levels** - avoid verbose output in sensitive environments
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5. **Keep dependencies updated** - security updates for cryptography libraries are crucial
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## Dynamic Indicator Lists
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The script uses external files for proxy and WAF indicators, allowing for easy updates:

testproxy.py

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import csv
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import sys
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import urllib3
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import re
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import ipaddress
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import os
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from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union, Tuple, Any
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from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
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from cryptography import x509
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DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT: int = 5
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DEFAULT_HTTPS_TIMEOUT: int = 5
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# Security-related constants
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VALID_HOSTNAME_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.]+$')
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VALID_IP_REGEX = re.compile(r'^(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})$')
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VALID_PORT_RANGE = range(1, 65536)
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VALID_FILE_PATH_MAX_LENGTH = 4096
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MAX_PORT_RANGES = 50
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# Input validation and sanitization functions
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def validate_hostname(hostname: str) -> bool:
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"""Validate hostname for security"""
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if not hostname or len(hostname) > 253: # RFC 1035 limit
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return False
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# Check for valid hostname format
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if not VALID_HOSTNAME_REGEX.match(hostname):
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return False
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# Prevent localhost/private addresses
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private_hosts = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1']
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if hostname.lower() in private_hosts:
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return False
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# Try to validate as IP if it looks like one
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if VALID_IP_REGEX.match(hostname):
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try:
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ipaddress.ip_address(hostname)
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except ValueError:
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return False
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# Additional validation for hostname format
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try:
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# Check if the hostname can be encoded properly
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hostname.encode('idna').decode('utf-8')
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return True
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except (UnicodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
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return False
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def validate_port(port: int) -> bool:
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"""Validate port number for security"""
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return port in VALID_PORT_RANGE
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def validate_ports_list(ports_string: str) -> Tuple[bool, List[int]]:
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"""Validate and parse comma-separated port ranges"""
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if len(ports_string) > 1000: # Prevent DoS with large inputs
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return False, []
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ports = []
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seen_ports = set()
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try:
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parts = ports_string.split(',')
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if len(parts) > MAX_PORT_RANGES:
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return False, []
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for part in parts:
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part = part.strip()
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if '-' in part:
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try:
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start_str, end_str = part.split('-')
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start, end = int(start_str), int(end_str)
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if not all(validate_port(x) for x in [start, end]):
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return False, []
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if start > end or (end - start) > 1000: # Prevent large ranges
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return False, []
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for p in range(start, end + 1):
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if p not in seen_ports:
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ports.append(p)
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seen_ports.add(p)
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except (ValueError, IndexError):
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return False, []
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else:
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try:
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port = int(part)
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if not validate_port(port) or port in seen_ports:
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return False, []
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ports.append(port)
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seen_ports.add(port)
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except ValueError:
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return False, []
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except Exception:
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return False, []
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return True, ports
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def sanitize_file_path(file_path: str) -> Optional[str]:
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"""Sanitize file path to prevent directory traversal"""
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if not file_path or len(file_path) > VALID_FILE_PATH_MAX_LENGTH:
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return None
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# Expand path and resolve any symbolic links
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try:
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expanded = os.path.expanduser(file_path)
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resolved = os.path.abspath(expanded)
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# Check if path is still within acceptable bounds
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if '..' in resolved or not resolved.startswith(os.getcwd() if not os.path.isabs(expanded) else '/'):
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return None
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return resolved
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except (OSError, ValueError):
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return None
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def secure_headers_check(url: str, verify_ssl: bool = True) -> Tuple[Optional[requests.structures.CaseInsensitiveDict], Optional[int], Optional[List[requests.Response]]]:
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"""Secure version of HTTP headers check with SSL verification"""
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try:
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headers = {
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'User-Agent': (
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'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) '
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'AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) '
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'Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36'
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}
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response = requests.head(
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url,
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timeout=DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT,
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verify=verify_ssl,
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allow_redirects=True
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return response.headers, response.status_code, response.history
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except requests.RequestException as e:
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logging.warning(f"Error checking {url}: HTTP request failed ({'SSL verification' if 'certificate verify failed' in str(e) else 'connection error'})")
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return None, None, None
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class AdvancedRateLimiter:
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def __init__(self, max_requests: int = 5, time_window: float = 1.0):
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self.max_requests = max_requests
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self.time_window = time_window
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self.requests = []
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self.lock = threading.Lock()
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def acquire(self) -> bool:
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with self.lock:
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now = time.time()
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self.requests = [req for req in self.requests if now - req < self.time_window]
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return True
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return False
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def __enter__(self):
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while not self.acquire():
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time.sleep(0.1)
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def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
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async def detect_proxy(host: str, common_ports: List[int], proxy_indicators: List[str], waf_indicators: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, Union[str, None, Dict[str, Any], List[Any]]]:
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async def detect_proxy(host: str, common_ports: List[int], proxy_indicators: List[str], waf_indicators: Dict[str, str], verify_ssl: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Union[str, None, Dict[str, Any], List[Any]]]:
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http_headers, http_status, http_history = secure_headers_check(http_url, verify_ssl)
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parser.add_argument("--verify-ssl", action="store_true", help="Enable SSL certificate verification (default: disabled)")
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parser.add_argument("--rate-limit", type=int, default=5, help="Maximum concurrent connections (default: 5)")
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parser.add_argument("--rate-window", type=float, default=1.0, help="Rate limiting time window in seconds (default: 1.0)")
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if args.target:
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if not validate_hostname(args.target):
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logging.error(f"Invalid hostname or IP address: {args.target}")
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return
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sanitized_path = sanitize_file_path(args.target_file)
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rate_limit = AdvancedRateLimiter(
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