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White box testing is a type of testing technique that aims to evaluate the code, design, and internal structure of a program to improve its design, usability, and security. It is one of the two parts of Box Testing methodologies included in software QA testing.
The term “white box” is used to refer to the concept of the see-through box. Simply put, the clear box or White Box symbolizes the ability to look through the outer shell of a program and into its inner layout.
In my last article, we discussed Penetration tests, or pen tests, the importance of pen tests, and how it helps to find the REST API vulnerabilities.
This article gives a brief overview of one of the pen tests type called white box pen tests. There are two more types called black box and grey box testing. However, black box and grey box penetration tests assume the tester has only limited knowledge about the target system, and this article focus is on API pen tests also discussed a few details on why it is a preferred test type of API penetration tests and summarized with a few tools that enable the pen tests for our APIs.
Software testing is an essential activity in the software development process. Without testing, you’ll end up with a buggy product that doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do — a lemon. Black box testing and white box testing are two different types of software testing strategies, that are equally powerful, and even better when combined.
We’ll explore each, in turn, to see how it helps to shape a successful, performant end product.