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SEJeff
on Jan 15, 2020
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American Fuzzy Lop? It's a fuzzer. I've never heard of a fuzzer described as a genetic algorithm that tests code paths, but that is technically correct.
A fuzzer is not going to replace unit tests or good SDLC, which often involves QA.
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on Jan 16, 2020
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GA's are a good generative path for fuzzers; at a low level that's exactly what they do.
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A fuzzer is not going to replace unit tests or good SDLC, which often involves QA.