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diff --git a/docs/important_changes.md b/docs/important_changes.md index 82de054f..9d4523e8 100644 --- a/docs/important_changes.md +++ b/docs/important_changes.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # Important changes in AFL++ -This document lists important changes in AFL++, for example, major behavior changes. +This document lists important changes in AFL++, for example, major behavior +changes. ## From version 3.00 onwards @@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ iOS etc. With AFL++ 3.15 we introduced the following changes from previous behaviors: * Also -M main mode does not do deterministic fuzzing by default anymore - * afl-cmin and afl-showmap -Ci now descent into subdirectories like - afl-fuzz -i does (but note that afl-cmin.bash does not) + * afl-cmin and afl-showmap -Ci now descent 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 @@ -31,22 +32,22 @@ behaviors and defaults: * The gcc_plugin was replaced with a new version submitted by AdaCore that supports more features. Thank you! * qemu_mode got upgraded to QEMU 5.1, but to be able to build this a current - ninja build tool version and python3 setuptools are required. - qemu_mode also got new options like snapshotting, instrumenting specific - shared libraries, etc. Additionally QEMU 5.1 supports more CPU targets so - this is really worth it. + ninja build tool version and python3 setuptools are required. qemu_mode also + got new options like snapshotting, instrumenting specific shared libraries, + etc. Additionally QEMU 5.1 supports more CPU targets so this is really worth + it. * When instrumenting targets, afl-cc will not supersede optimizations anymore if any were given. This allows to fuzz targets build regularly like those for debug or release versions. * afl-fuzz: - * 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 them for splicing mutations + * 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 + them for splicing mutations * -m none is now 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 + * 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 editing config.h for TESTCASE_CACHE or by specifying the environment variable `AFL_TESTCACHE_SIZE` (in MB). Good values are between 50-500 |