Configuring Burp Suite with Firefox (Step-by-Step)

Harsh Bardhan
4 min readNov 1, 2024

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Here is a Step-by-step guide for Configuring Burp Suite with Firefox

We have 2 Methods for this

  1. Manually
  2. Using Extension (FoxyProxy)
    (will see in another Blog)

Lets see the Method…!!!

I’m Skipping the Downloading step for FireFox. Simply go to google and search for it and download.

Downloading Burp Suite

Choose Your OS and Hit the download

Choose Your OS and Hit the download. After downloading install the Burp Suite Community Edition.

1. Configuring Manually

  1. Open the Burp Suite

2. Click Next

3. Click Start Burp

4. Go to the Proxy Tab

5. Go to Proxy Settings

6. Make sure Listner 127.0.0.1 is Checked
7. Click on Import/export CA certificate

8. Export Certificate in DER froamt, Click Next

9. Select File

10. Save the file with extension .der

11. Click Next

12. Close.

13. Now Open the Firefox

Click on Import and and choose your saved CA certificate Which you imported from Burp.

Check the both Boxes and Hit OK.

Now search Proxy in the settings and open Settings.

Set the Configurations as shown Above.

Now Open the Burp one side and browser Go to Proxy >> Intercept , Turn the Intercept ON.

Requests are intercepted in Burp
Your browser is configured successfully… hurray!

That’s all for today. I’ll tell you more about Burp Suite in upcoming blogs. Until then, explore the tool on your own.

Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali! May Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi bless you abundantly. Feel free to contact me on social media if you run into any issues.

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Harsh Bardhan
Harsh Bardhan

Written by Harsh Bardhan

I am a Bug Hunter with New and simple approaches to hunt bugs.I have hunted bugs in 20+ websites of well known companies.

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