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+# ===================
+# AFL "Life Pro Tips"
+# ===================
+#
+# Bite-sized advice for those who understand the basics, but can't be bothered
+# to read or memorize every other piece of documentation for AFL.
+#
+
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+Get more bang for your buck by using fuzzing dictionaries.
+See dictionaries/README.dictionaries to learn how.
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+You can get the most out of your hardware by parallelizing AFL jobs.
+See docs/parallel_fuzzing.txt for step-by-step tips.
+
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+
+Improve the odds of spotting memory corruption bugs with libdislocator.so!
+It's easy. Consult libdislocator/README.dislocator for usage tips.
+
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+
+Want to understand how your target parses a particular input file?
+Try the bundled afl-analyze tool; it's got colors and all!
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+You can visually monitor the progress of your fuzzing jobs.
+Run the bundled afl-plot utility to generate browser-friendly graphs.
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+
+Need to monitor AFL jobs programmatically? Check out the fuzzer_stats file
+in the AFL output dir or try afl-whatsup.
+
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+
+Puzzled by something showing up in red or purple in the AFL UI?
+It could be important - consult docs/status_screen.txt right away!
+
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+
+Know your target? Convert it to persistent mode for a huge performance gain!
+Consult section #5 in llvm_mode/README.llvm for tips.
+
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+Using clang? Check out llvm_mode/ for a faster alternative to afl-gcc!
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+
+Did you know that AFL can fuzz closed-source or cross-platform binaries?
+Check out qemu_mode/README.qemu for more.
+
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+
+Did you know that afl-fuzz can minimize any test case for you?
+Try the bundled afl-tmin tool - and get small repro files fast!
+
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+
+Not sure if a crash is exploitable? AFL can help you figure it out. Specify
+-C to enable the peruvian were-rabbit mode. See section #10 in README for more.
+
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+
+Trouble dealing with a machine uprising? Relax, we've all been there.
+Find essential survival tips at http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/prep/.
+
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+
+AFL-generated corpora can be used to power other testing processes.
+See section #2 in README for inspiration - it tends to pay off!
+
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+
+Want to automatically spot non-crashing memory handling bugs?
+Try running an AFL-generated corpus through ASAN, MSAN, or Valgrind.
+
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+
+Good selection of input files is critical to a successful fuzzing job.
+See section #5 in README (or docs/perf_tips.txt) for pro tips.
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+You can improve the odds of automatically spotting stack corruption issues.
+Specify AFL_HARDEN=1 in the environment to enable hardening flags.
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+Bumping into problems with non-reproducible crashes? It happens, but usually
+isn't hard to diagnose. See section #7 in README for tips.
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+
+Fuzzing is not just about memory corruption issues in the codebase. Add some
+sanity-checking assert() / abort() statements to effortlessly catch logic bugs.
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+
+Hey kid... pssst... want to figure out how AFL really works?
+Check out docs/technical_details.txt for all the gory details in one place!
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+
+There's a ton of third-party helper tools designed to work with AFL!
+Be sure to check out docs/sister_projects.txt before writing your own.
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+
+Need to fuzz the command-line arguments of a particular program?
+You can find a simple solution in experimental/argv_fuzzing.
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+
+Attacking a format that uses checksums? Remove the checksum-checking code or
+use a postprocessor! See experimental/post_library/ for more.
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+
+Dealing with a very slow target or hoping for instant results? Specify -d
+when calling afl-fuzz!
+
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