CHAPTER 5
World of Fuzzing
This chapter shows you how to use fuzzing techniques for software testing and vulnerability discovery. Originally fuzzing (or fuzz testing) was a class of black-box software and hardware testing in which the data used to perform the testing is randomly generated. Over the years, fuzzing evolved and came to the attention of many researchers who extended the original idea. Nowadays, fuzzing tools support black-box and white-box testing approaches and have many parameters that can be adjusted. These parameters influence the fuzzing process and are used to fine-tune the testing process for a specific problem. By understanding the different approaches and their parameters, you will be able to get the best results using ...
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