Proxy and Interception

Burp Suite is the most widely used web application security testing platform. At its core it is an intercepting proxy that sits between your browser and the target server.

Because all traffic flows through Burp, you can read and modify every request and response.

An intercepting proxy is a man-in-the-middle that you control. Your browser sends requests to Burp; Burp forwards them to the server and returns the responses.

This lets you pause, inspect, and edit traffic at will.