halberd -- HTTP load balancer detector

Overview

Halberd discovers HTTP load balancers. It is useful for web application security auditing and for load balancer configuration testing.

Installation

Follow the installation instructions written in INSTALL.

Getting started

You could begin with:

$ halberd --help

and:

$ halberd www.example.com

A configuration file is stored in a directory named .halberd hanging from the user's home directory (that is: $HOME in Unix/Linux systems). This file, named halberd.cfg, contains configurable run-time settings you can tweak.

Documentation

The user's guide is located in doc/manual.pdf Full API documentation can be found in doc/api

Feedback and bug reports

Send bug reports and comments to jmbr@superadditive.com