From 437efe795aa251d3beede18e2efd2f584884f060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Fioraldi Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 20:20:41 +0100 Subject: adjust a bit readmes --- testcases/README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 testcases/README.md (limited to 'testcases/README.md') diff --git a/testcases/README.md b/testcases/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef38d3c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/testcases/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# AFL starting test cases + + (See [../README.md](../README.md) for the general instruction manual.) + +The archives/, images/, multimedia/, and others/ subdirectories contain small, +standalone files that can be used to seed afl-fuzz when testing parsers for a +variety of common data formats. + +There is probably not much to be said about these files, except that they were +optimized for size and stripped of any non-essential fluff. Some directories +contain several examples that exercise various features of the underlying format. +For example, there is a PNG file with and without a color profile. + +Additional test cases are always welcome. + +In addition to well-chosen starting files, many fuzzing jobs benefit from a +small and concise dictionary. See [../dictionaries/README.md](../dictionaries/README.md) for more. -- cgit 1.4.1