Open source fuzzing tools.

A "fuzzer" is a program that attempts to discover security vulnerabilities by sending random data to an application. If that application crashes, then it has deffects to correct. Security professionals and web developers can use fuzzing for software testing--checking their own programs for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rathaus, Noam
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Software Testing
  • Introduction to Vulnerability Research
  • Fuzzing, what's that?
  • A Bit of History
  • Basic Fuzzing Techniques
  • Advanced Fuzzing Methodologies and Technologies
  • Open Source Solutions
  • Commercial Solutions
  • Build Your Own Fuzzer
  • Integration of Fuzzing in the Development Cycle
  • Testing Third-party Software
  • Certification and Regulation.