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Just finished building a security audit tool

Hacker News
· August 31, 2026

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A security audit tool has been developed, motivated by the creator's desire to understand how Mozilla's Observatory scores website security. The creator studied Observatory's documentation to comprehend its scoring system and broke down the individual components. They then replicated this scoring system in their own tool by iteratively testing and refining it against Observatory's results. The goal was to match the scores section by section, and this process ultimately resulted in a scoring chart that aligns with Mozilla's Observatory. The tool's development involved a repetitive process of testing and adjustment to achieve consistency with Mozilla's scoring. The creator successfully mirrored Observatory's scoring system in their own tool.

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