How to Spot Good Fuzzing Research

Published

2018-10-05 10:50

Collected

2026-07-03 04:30

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id: 2014
title: "How to Spot Good Fuzzing Research"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/10/05/how-to-spot-good-fuzzing-research/"
published_at: "2018-10-05T10:50:52Z"
tags: ["fuzzing", "research", "benchmarking", "checklist", "paper-review"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2014"
lang: en
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# How to Spot Good Fuzzing Research

## Summary

Argues most of the ~200 recent fuzzing papers are academic noise due to inconsistent, subjective benchmarks, and offers a checklist for judging fuzzer evaluations.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2018-10-05T10:50:52Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/10/05/how-to-spot-good-fuzzing-research/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2014