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HSTS Parser
HSTS Parser is a simple tool to parse Firefox and Chrome's HSTS databases into actually helpful forensic artifacts! You can read more about the research behind this tool and potential uses for it over on my blog!
Installation
HSTS Parser can be installed via pip, or as a native executable.
From PyPi
If you already have Python installed, you can install HSTS Parser using pip.
pip install hstsparser
On Fedora
HSTS Parser is available for Fedora 38+.
dnf install hstsparser
On Windows
Windows binaries are published by GitHub Actions CI for each release of HSTS Parser. You can download these on the releases page.
Usage
All of the below documentation is written for the Python version rather than the standalone executable, but the commands will be the same.
$ hstsparser -h
usage: hstsparser [-h] [-w WORDLIST] [--csv CSV] (--firefox | --chrome) FILE
Process HSTS databases
positional arguments:
FILE The path to the database to be processed
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-w WORDLIST The path to a file containing a wordlist for bruteforcing hashes
--csv CSV Output to a CSV file
--firefox Process a Firefox database
--chrome Process a Chrome database
Examples
Firefox
hstsparser --firefox SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
Chrome
hstsparser --chrome TransportSecurity
Chrome with Wordlist
hstsparser -w wordlist.txt --chrome TransportSecurity
Screenshots
Firefox
Chrome with Wordlist
