Optimzing Web Application Fuzzing with Genetic Algorithms and Language Theory

The widespread availability and use of computing and internet resources require soft- ware developers to implement secure development standards and rigorous testing to prevent vulnerabilities. Due to human fallibility, programming errors and logical in- consistencies abound—thus, conventions for testing software are required to ensure Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of sensitive user data. A combination of manual inspection and automated analysis of programs is necessary to achieve this goal. Because of the massive size of many codebases, especially considering the in- corporation of third-party software and infrastructure, thorough manual code review by security experts is not always an option. Therefore, effective automated methods for testing software systems are essential.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Seal, Scott

• evolutionary algorithms

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/59321

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/59321