13K views · 118 reactions | Microsoft researcher Patrice Godefroid shares some of his insights into automated testing techniques in an article for Communications of the ACM. Understand how these methods, called “fuzzing,” can boost security in software processing untrusted inputs: https://aka.ms/AA7k4nd | Microsoft Research | Facebook

fuzzing is a way to test systems by sending random or bad data to see how they react. if the system crashes or acts weird, it might have a problem. you generate inputs, send them to the system, and watch what happens. the goal is to find bugs or security issues by pushing the system with unexpected data. | Thunder Justice Keck