#+title: Fuzzing (computing)
- tags :: [[file:20200705154040-automated_testing.org][automated testing]]

Fuzzing is an automated software testing technique that involves, basically,
throwing random data at a program. This is to test for unexpected crashes,
assertions, memory leaks, etc.

Fuzzing is an older term for and superset of [[file:20210420161900-property_testing.org][property testing]].

* Resources
** Code libraries
*** [[file:20200705154112-rust.org][Rust]]
- [[https://github.com/loiclec/fuzzcheck-rs][fuzzcheck-rs]]
*** [[file:20210420161958-python.org][Python]]
- [[https://hypothesis.works/][Hypothesis]]