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Creating a Scan

You can navigate to the scan creation page by clicking the ‘Create Scan’ button on the Home screen or the Scans page.

Create Scan Button

The scan creation process is divided into 5 main stages:

  1. Set target URL stage
  2. Configure scan scope stage
  3. Authentication information input stage
  4. Configure scan control stage
  5. Review configuration stage

Scan Target URL

Enter the URL that will be the starting point of the scan and click the “Discover” button. When you click the button, Xint will verify whether the entered URL is accessible. Once the discovery is complete, you can configure recommended domains to add to the scan scope.

Scan Advanced Options

Xint’s scan engine validates HTTPS certificates when connecting to a website. If there is an issue with the target website’s TLS certificate, the connection will be blocked for security reasons, causing the scan to fail.

Enabling this option bypasses certificate validation, allowing the scan to proceed despite security warnings.

When to enable this option

  • Self-signed certificates: The certificate was not issued by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA).
  • Expired certificates: The certificate has exceeded its validity period.
  • Certificate hostname mismatch: The certificate’s domain does not match the target URL.

You can set the User Agent header that Xint uses when sending HTTP requests during a scan.

This can be useful for testing with a mobile browser’s User Agent or inserting a specific string for server log identification.

If HTTP Basic Authentication is required to access the site, enable this option.

  • Origin: If multiple URLs require Basic Authentication, set this value to cover all URLs that need authentication.

You can specify a Proxy URL to route all scan traffic through the configured proxy.

This option is useful when you need to perform scans against targets that are only accessible within internal networks or restricted environments.

Scan Scope

After target URL verification is complete, you need to specify the scope of the scan that Xint will perform through scan scope settings. Since Xint only scans URLs within the scan scope, please configure the scan scope appropriately for your situation.

A recommended scan scope list based on the target URL is provided, and default values are automatically added.

If the site does not require separate authentication for scanning, leave it as Public Access and proceed to the next step. Credentials - Public Pages

Allowed scanning time - default view

If you want to allow scanning only on specific days and during specific time slots, you can control the scan through this setting.

Outside the configured allowed time, the scan will automatically pause, and it will automatically resume when the allowed time arrives.

Click “Customize time” below to set your preferred time. You can configure the schedule in 30-minute increments using drag-and-drop or clicking.

Allowed scanning time - customization

Review & Launch

You can review the information provided for the scan and configure report settings.

  • Assign a name to your scan so it can be easily identified. By default, the scan’s target URL is used as the name.

Finally, review the entered information and click the “Start Scan” button at the bottom to initiate the new scan.