<s>
w3af	B-Protocol
(	O
Web	O
Application	O
Attack	O
and	O
Audit	O
Framework	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
web	O
application	O
security	O
scanner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scanner	O
offers	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
w3af	B-Protocol
is	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
main	O
parts	O
,	O
the	O
core	O
and	O
the	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
coordinates	O
the	O
process	O
and	O
provides	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
consumed	O
by	O
the	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
find	O
the	O
vulnerabilities	O
and	O
exploit	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-ins	B-Application
are	O
connected	O
and	O
share	O
information	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
using	O
a	O
knowledge	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-ins	B-Application
can	O
be	O
categorized	O
as	O
Discovery	O
,	O
Audit	O
,	O
Grep	B-Application
,	O
Attack	O
,	O
Output	O
,	O
Mangle	O
,	O
Evasion	O
or	O
Bruteforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
w3af	B-Protocol
was	O
started	O
by	O
Andres	O
Riancho	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
after	O
many	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
w3af	B-Protocol
announced	O
its	O
sponsorship	O
and	O
partnership	O
with	O
Rapid7	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Rapid7	B-Application
's	O
sponsorship	O
the	O
project	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
development	O
speed	O
and	O
keep	O
growing	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
