How to install and use skipfish

Skipfish is a tool that can test your websites for exploits. Do not use skipfish to be evil.

# Note: Not using a package manager so the docs are cross OS.
# Note: Check for the latest version before doing the "Grab" parts.
Grab <a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.18.tar.gz">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.18.tar.gz</a>
tar -zxvf libidn-1.18.tar.gz
cd libidn-1.18
./configure
make
make install
cd ..

Grab <a href="http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.84b.tgz">http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.84b.tgz</a>
tar -zxvf skipfish-1.84b.tgz
cd skipfish-1.84b
make

# Refer to README if you want to not run a "heavy" test
cp dictionaries/complete.wl skipfish.wl

mkdir /tmp/skipfish
./skipfish -o /tmp/skipfish http://domain.com/

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