From 22726315c3bd31f53c2f4bcf1f8649767ec5276a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: llzmb <46303940+llzmb@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:11:15 +0100 Subject: Merge various files into "fuzzing_in_depth.md" --- docs/choosing_testcases.md | 19 ------------------- 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/choosing_testcases.md (limited to 'docs/choosing_testcases.md') diff --git a/docs/choosing_testcases.md b/docs/choosing_testcases.md deleted file mode 100644 index 25002929..00000000 --- a/docs/choosing_testcases.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -# Choosing initial test cases - -To operate correctly, the fuzzer requires one or more starting file that -contains a good example of the input data normally expected by the targeted -application. There are two basic rules: - - - Keep the files small. Under 1 kB is ideal, although not strictly necessary. - For a discussion of why size matters, see [perf_tips.md](perf_tips.md). - - - Use multiple test cases only if they are functionally different from - each other. There is no point in using fifty different vacation photos - to fuzz an image library. - -You can find many good examples of starting files in the testcases/ subdirectory -that comes with this tool. - -PS. If a large corpus of data is available for screening, you may want to use -the afl-cmin utility to identify a subset of functionally distinct files that -exercise different code paths in the target binary. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit 1.4.1