Professional 1.2.13
Summary: PortSwigger released Burp Suite Professional 1.2.13 on 17 July 2009, adding the ability to pause and resume active scanning from the scan queue context menu, with a new status bar showing whether the scanner is running and the number of active scan threads. The release also introduced a task scheduler that can start and stop tasks at defined times and intervals, made IBurpExtenderCallbacks.getParameters return each parameter's type alongside its name and value, and masked passwords on-screen in the www and proxy authentication UI.
Key Takeaway: The scheduler example in the release notes - scanning a target overnight at 2am and suspending the scanner during working hours - shows that automated scanning was already being fitted around business hours in 2009, a scheduling concern that has only grown as scan volume and target counts have increased.
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