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authorvan Hauser <vh@thc.org>2022-01-11 19:35:04 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-01-11 19:35:04 +0100
commit741dcabd5dfca3607a86acd916b3563e01c3ccea (patch)
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downloadafl++-741dcabd5dfca3607a86acd916b3563e01c3ccea.tar.gz
Merge pull request #1248 from intrigus-lgtm/patch-2
Fix two typos.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/FAQ.md12
-rw-r--r--docs/INSTALL.md6
-rw-r--r--docs/best_practices.md4
-rw-r--r--docs/important_changes.md8
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md
index 3d3dce20..90cae453 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.md
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ If you find an interesting or important question missing, submit it via
A program contains `functions`, `functions` contain the compiled machine code.
The compiled machine code in a `function` can be in a single or many `basic
- blocks`. A `basic block` is the largest possible number of subsequent machine
- code instructions that has exactly one entry point (which can be be entered by
- multiple other basic blocks) and runs linearly without branching or jumping to
- other addresses (except at the end).
+ blocks`. A `basic block` is the **largest possible number of subsequent machine
+ code instructions** that has **exactly one entry point** (which can be be entered by
+ multiple other basic blocks) and runs linearly **without branching or jumping to
+ other addresses** (except at the end).
```
function() {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ If you find an interesting or important question missing, submit it via
AFL++ comes with several power schedules, initially ported from [AFLFast](https://github.com/mboehme/aflfast)
however modified to be more effective and several more modes added.
- The most effective modes are '-p fast` (default) and `-p explore`.
+ The most effective modes are `-p fast` (default) and `-p explore`.
If you fuzz with several parallel afl-fuzz instances, then it is beneficial
to assign a different schedule to each instance, however the majority should
@@ -225,4 +225,4 @@ If you find an interesting or important question missing, submit it via
package and because of that the AFL++ llvm plugins do not match anymore.
Solution: `git pull ; make clean install` of AFL++.
-</p></details> \ No newline at end of file
+</p></details>
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index efec0d8b..2c1eaeb9 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ docker run -ti -v /location/of/your/target:/src aflplusplus/aflplusplus
```
This image is automatically generated when a push to the stable repo happens.
-You will find your target source code in /src in the container.
+You will find your target source code in `/src` in the container.
If you want to build AFL++ yourself, you have many options. The easiest choice
is to build and install everything:
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ sudo make install
It is recommended to install the newest available gcc, clang and llvm-dev
possible in your distribution!
-Note that "make distrib" also builds FRIDA mode, QEMU mode, unicorn_mode
-and more. If you just want plain AFL++, then do "make all". If you want
+Note that `make distrib` also builds FRIDA mode, QEMU mode, unicorn_mode
+and more. If you just want plain AFL++, then do `make all`. If you want
some assisting tooling compiled but are not interested in binary-only targets
then instead choose:
diff --git a/docs/best_practices.md b/docs/best_practices.md
index 96c6e3c2..133c645e 100644
--- a/docs/best_practices.md
+++ b/docs/best_practices.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ allows you to define network state with different type of data packets.
### Improving stability
-For fuzzing a 100% stable target that covers all edges is the best case. A 90%
+For fuzzing, a 100% stable target that covers all edges is the best case. A 90%
stable target that covers all edges is, however, better than a 100% stable
target that ignores 10% of the edges.
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ coding and/or disassembly and is effectively possible only with `afl-clang-fast`
Recompile, fuzz it, be happy :)
This link explains this process for
- [Fuzzbench](https://github.com/google/fuzzbench/issues/677). \ No newline at end of file
+ [Fuzzbench](https://github.com/google/fuzzbench/issues/677).
diff --git a/docs/important_changes.md b/docs/important_changes.md
index 040a086d..39fe56b9 100644
--- a/docs/important_changes.md
+++ b/docs/important_changes.md
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ With AFL++ 4.00, we introduced the following changes from previous behaviors:
* better naming for several fields in the UI
With AFL++ 3.15, we introduced the following changes from previous behaviors:
- * afl-cmin and afl-showmap -Ci now descent into subdirectories like afl-fuzz
+ * afl-cmin and afl-showmap -Ci now descend into subdirectories like afl-fuzz
-i does (but note that afl-cmin.bash does not)
With AFL++ 3.14, we introduced the following changes from previous behaviors:
- * afl-fuzz: deterministic fuzzing it not a default for -M main anymore
+ * afl-fuzz: deterministic fuzzing is not a default for -M main anymore
* afl-cmin/afl-showmap -i now descends into subdirectories (afl-cmin.bash,
however, does not)
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ behaviors and defaults:
* if neither -M or -S is specified, `-S default` is assumed, so more fuzzers
can easily be added later
* `-i` input directory option now descends into subdirectories. It also does
- not fatal on crashes and too large files, instead it skips them and uses
+ not fail on crashes and too large files, instead it skips them and uses
them for splicing mutations
- * -m none is now default, set memory limits (in MB) with, e.g., -m 250
+ * -m none is now the default, set memory limits (in MB) with, e.g., -m 250
* deterministic fuzzing is now disabled by default (unless using -M) and can
be enabled with -D
* a caching of test cases can now be performed and can be modified by