Full Disclosure: Re: Distributed Fuzzing?

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

CrYpTiC MauleR wrote:

> After seeing HDM's browser fuzzing I was wondering would it be practical
> to do this on a large scale like using http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ to fuzz
> applications and find more bugs. Just an idea O.O
"practical" as in "feasibly doable"?  I'm sure.

"practical" as in "likely to be very successful"?  I doubt it.

The point of what you're testing is to upset/break/destabilize/crash 
the process under test -- I can't see the side-effects of that making 
it a very "popular" project amonsgt typical BOINC, etc users.

That's not to say that a collaborative effort combining the test 
machines of those willing to participate in that manner would not be 
practical, but I can't see it being terribly successful as a BOINC 
project (or BOINC being very keen on it!).


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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