CHAPTER 3
Next-Generation 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 as it came to the attention of many researchers who extended the original idea. (See “For Further Reading” for great works by Charlie Miller, Michal Zalewski, Jared DeMott, Gynvael Coldwind, Mateusz Jurczyk, and many others.) Nowadays, fuzzing tools support black box and white box testing approaches and have many adjustable parameters. These parameters influence the fuzzing process and are used to fine-tune the testing ...
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