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Introduction

The Security Test establishes whether a legal login succeeds or an illegal login fails.

Recording The Test

Begin by picking a start page for your test. Click Record > Start Recording.
For this example we will use Yahoo.com's email WebSite located at http://mail.yahoo.com. We have created a dummy account so this test will be valid.

First, login incorrectly. Validate some text or image on the failed login page.

You can validate text by first highlighting the text that you wish to validate...

...and then select Record > Validate > Selected > Text, or validate an image by first highlighting the image that you wish to validate and then select Record > Validate > Selected > Image.

Return to the login page and make a successful login. Again, validate some text or image on the successful confirmation page using the methods described above.

When you are finished, click Record > Stop Recording.

The completed script file is shown here.
Download security.evs

Security Validation Play Back

Click Playback > Start Playback to begin the play back process.

Click Window > Logs > Event Log to see the outputs of the validation activity.

Lessons Learned

eValid can test your website's security features to ensure that your site is secure.

Additional Information

A security test is useful when run regularly to check your site's security features.