What is a Repeater?
With the BurpSuite repeater tool, we can manually repeat HTTP requests, make changes to the request, and notice any deviations in the HTTP responses. This is an excellent tool for finding and verifying vulnerabilities. Let's start by selecting an HTTP request again and transferring it to the Repeater tool. This is done in the same way as in other tools, so you can right-click the request and choose Send to intruder, or press Ctrl - R.
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Using the Repeater tool
You can now modify the request in any way you want and press the Send button to send the request. BurpSuite will return the response in the adjacent window. We modified the request to include the /robots.txt path and received the Hakatemia service's robots.txt file as a response.
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If the server returns an HTTP response that indicates a redirection, we can actually follow this redirection like it would actually happen. We can also go back in our requests by using the arrow keys in the top bar.
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