OWASP Web 2.0 Project Update

Some of you likely recall the talk back in 2016 or so of updating the OWASP Foundation website to not appear so much like a...well, a wiki.  That talk was carried forward into 2017 and 2018 and, with each year, the proposal got pushed ahead as there were other, deeper projects to tackle.  With the arrival of 2019 and a firm project plan under the guidance of Mike McCamon, Executive Director, we are finally moving toward a functioning, modern website that will be a whole lot less...wiki-like.  The journey has been circuitous and, while we are not anywhere near complete, we have a set plan in place to bring it to fruition within the calendar year (second quarter of the year, actually).

TLDR: How Can You Help? 

There are certainly ways in which you can get involved now.  For instance, we are looking for a clean way to get wiki pages into GitHub markdown format for archival.  I have done some work here but there are parsing issues with some of the tools.  Do you know a good tool or have you done similar work?  Also, are you or do you know a good designer, someone familiar with GitHub pages that can provide some useful help and feedback along the way?  A Jekyll expert to help code a theme with a handful of templates would be a great addition.  In addition, we could use website server admins who could help with assigning redirects to maintain search integrity.  Finally, there will be a great many pages to move that we will also eventually need community involvement in.  

So, What Have We Done? 

Thus far we have researched various ideas for standing up a new site, including modifying the current wiki, spinning up our own web server, contracting a third party to host and build a new site, and also using existing infrastructure with our own content to launch a new face for OWASP.  Our discussions led us to a familiar place, one that nearly every developer in the OWASP space is familiar with: GitHub.   

In our conversations with GitHub, it became readily apparent that using the platform would be a win for the Foundation as well as GitHub.  Nearly everyone who runs a project at OWASP (documentation or otherwise) uses GitHub.  Because our target audience is also mostly developers we know that they are also very comfortable with the platform.  And while GitHub has a number of high profile companies using their GitHub Pages, the use of the platform as the basis for the entire website of the number one non-profit foundation in the application security sector is a big draw.

We have run with that GitHub Pages idea and have spent internal manpower on a proof of concept.  This proof of concept is less about the UX of the site than the functionality, the ability to utilize the authentication systems, and the ability to utilize automation to push out changes quickly.

Where Are We Now?

We are doing the final stages of website architecture. We are also planning what needs to be in the site, how the pieces will integrate with current projects and chapters, and how we might utilize the community to integrate the pieces so that we have a visually and functionally cohesive website that spans across multiple repositories.

What Is Next?

We will soon be looking for a modern website design that is responsive and clean.  We will begin using the knowledge gained from our proof of concept to build out the internals of the website and then we will start implementing the highest traffic pages and administrative areas into the new platform.  Once we have the big-ticket items moved we will start looking at what is left and moving over those pieces.  The eventual goal would be to have a new, modern website for the future of OWASP while keeping the wiki as an archive of really useful information.

We hope you are as excited as we are about the future of the OWASP Foundation website and will join us as we move toward a modern web presence.  If you have any questions or would like to volunteer your time, experience or knowledge, please contact me at harold.blankenship@owasp.com

More information

1. Hacker Security Tools
2. Hacker Tools Linux
3. Hacker Tools For Ios
4. Hacker Tools 2020
5. Growth Hacker Tools
6. Termux Hacking Tools 2019
7. Hacking Tools 2020
8. Hacking Tools Windows
9. Pentest Tools Download
10. Hacking Tools For Windows 7
11. Hacking Tools Github
12. Game Hacking
13. Hack Website Online Tool
14. Hacker Tools Software
15. Best Hacking Tools 2019
16. Growth Hacker Tools
17. Hacks And Tools
18. Hack Tools For Pc
19. Hacker Techniques Tools And Incident Handling
20. Hacking Tools Pc
21. Hacking Tools Pc
22. Hack Tools Mac
23. Hack Tools
24. Hack Tools For Windows
25. What Is Hacking Tools
26. Pentest Tools Website Vulnerability
27. Nsa Hack Tools Download
28. Free Pentest Tools For Windows
29. Hacking Tools Kit
30. Pentest Tools Review
31. Hack Tools
32. Hacker Tools For Mac
33. Android Hack Tools Github
34. Hacking Tools
35. Hacking Tools For Beginners
36. Hacker Hardware Tools
37. Game Hacking
38. Pentest Tools Github
39. Hacker Tools 2020
40. Best Pentesting Tools 2018
41. Pentest Tools Apk
42. Hacking Tools
43. How To Hack
44. Pentest Tools Url Fuzzer
45. What Are Hacking Tools
46. Pentest Tools For Mac
47. Hacking Tools And Software
48. Pentest Tools Online
49. What Is Hacking Tools
50. Hack Tools
51. Install Pentest Tools Ubuntu
52. Bluetooth Hacking Tools Kali
53. How To Make Hacking Tools
54. Free Pentest Tools For Windows
55. Top Pentest Tools
56. Pentest Tools Kali Linux
57. Hacker Search Tools
58. Pentest Tools Port Scanner
59. Free Pentest Tools For Windows
60. Hacking Tools Download
61. Hacking Tools For Pc
62. Pentest Tools Find Subdomains
63. Pentest Tools
64. Pentest Tools Github
65. Hack Tools
66. Hacker Tools Github
67. Computer Hacker
68. Pentest Tools Windows
69. Hacking Tools And Software
70. Hack Tools Mac
71. Hacker Tools Free Download
72. Pentest Tools Alternative
73. Hacking Tools For Mac
74. Hack Tool Apk No Root
75. Pentest Tools For Windows
76. Hacker Tools 2020
77. Free Pentest Tools For Windows
78. Pentest Tools Subdomain
79. Hacking Tools Usb
80. Hack Tools For Mac
81. Hack Tools
82. Pentest Tools Android
83. Top Pentest Tools
84. Hack Apps
85. How To Make Hacking Tools
86. Hacking Tools Windows
87. Pentest Tools List
88. Free Pentest Tools For Windows
89. Pentest Tools List
90. Hacker Tools Windows
91. Hacking Tools Download
92. Hacker Tools
93. Pentest Reporting Tools
94. Hacking Tools For Windows
95. New Hacker Tools
96. What Is Hacking Tools
97. Pentest Tools Tcp Port Scanner
98. Hacker Tools Github
99. Easy Hack Tools
100. Hacker Tools Apk Download
101. Pentest Tools Port Scanner
102. Hack Tool Apk No Root
103. Usb Pentest Tools
104. Hacking Tools Windows 10
105. Tools For Hacker
106. Hacking Tools Software
107. Hacking Tools For Games
108. How To Hack
109. Best Pentesting Tools 2018
110. Hacks And Tools
111. Best Hacking Tools 2019
112. Growth Hacker Tools
113. Hackrf Tools
114. Hacker Tools Hardware
115. Hack Tools
116. Pentest Tools Github
117. Hacking Tools Mac
118. Hacking Tools Mac
119. Nsa Hacker Tools
120. Best Hacking Tools 2020
121. Hack Tools
122. Pentest Tools Android
123. Hack Tools Pc
124. Hacker Tool Kit
125. Hack Tool Apk
126. Pentest Tools Find Subdomains
127. Hacking Tools For Pc
128. Hack Tools For Mac
129. Hack Rom Tools
130. Hack Apps
131. Hacking Tools Hardware
132. Black Hat Hacker Tools
133. Tools For Hacker
134. Usb Pentest Tools
135. Easy Hack Tools
136. Hack Tools For Games
137. Hacking Tools For Windows 7
138. Kik Hack Tools
139. Nsa Hack Tools Download
140. Pentest Tools Port Scanner
141. Hack Tools Pc
142. Pentest Tools Website
143. Hacker Tool Kit
144. Pentest Box Tools Download
145. Hack And Tools
146. Hack Tools
147. Hacking Tools For Windows
148. Hacking Tools Online
149. Hacking Tools Windows
150. Hacks And Tools
151. Best Pentesting Tools 2018
152. Hackrf Tools
153. Hack Tools For Pc
154. Best Hacking Tools 2020
155. Kik Hack Tools
156. Hack Tools
157. Hacker Tools Hardware
158. Pentest Tools Free
159. Pentest Tools Linux
160. Hack Tools 2019