Article 62EH3 [$] A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

[$] A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

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Fuzz testing is the process of supplying a program with random inputs andwatching to see what breaks; it has been responsible for the identificationof vast numbers of bugs in recent years - and the fixing of many of them.Developers generally appreciate bug reports, but they can sometimes be abit less enthusiastic about a flood of reports from automated fuzzingsystems. A recent discussion around filesystem fuzzing highlighted twopoints of view on whether the current fuzz-testing activity is a goodthing.
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