jtpereyda/boofuzz
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A fork and successor of the Sulley Fuzzing Framework
What you can do
- Easy and quick data generation.
- Instrumentation – AKA failure detection.
- Target reset after failure.
- Recording of test data.
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README.md
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boofuzz: Network Protocol Fuzzing for Humans
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Boofuzz is a fork of and the successor to the venerable Sulley_ fuzzing
framework. Besides numerous bug fixes, boofuzz aims for extensibility.
The goal: fuzz everything.
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Why?
Sulley has been the preeminent open source fuzzer for some time, but has fallen out of maintenance.
Features
Like Sulley, boofuzz incorporates all the critical elements of a fuzzer:
- Easy and quick data generation.
- Instrumentation – AKA failure detection.
- Target reset after failure.
- Recording of test data.
Unlike Sulley, boofuzz also features:
- Online
documentation_. - Support for arbitrary communications mediums.
- Built-in support for serial fuzzing, ethernet- and IP-layer, UDP broadcast.
- Better recording of test data -- consistent, thorough, clear.
- Test result CSV export.
- Extensible instrumentation/failure detection.
- Much easier install experience!
- Far fewer bugs.
Sulley is affectionately named after the giant teal and purple creature from Monsters Inc. due to his fuzziness. Boofuzz is likewise named after the only creature known to have scared Sulley himself: Boo!
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Boo from Monsters Inc
Installation
::
pip install boofuzz
Boofuzz installs as a Python library used to build fuzzer scripts. See
INSTALL.rst_ for advanced and detailed instructions.
Documentation
Documentation is available at https://boofuzz.readthedocs.io/, including nifty quickstart guides.
Contributions
Pull requests are welcome, as boofuzz is actively maintained (at the
time of this writing ;)). See CONTRIBUTING.rst_.
Community
For questions that take the form of “How do I… with boofuzz?” or “I got
this error with boofuzz, why?”, consider posting your question on Stack
Overflow. Make sure to use the fuzzing tag.
If you’ve found a bug, or have an idea/suggestion/request, file an issue here on GitHub.
For other questions, check out boofuzz on gitter_ or Google Groups_.
For updates, follow @b00fuzz_ on Twitter.
.. _Sulley: https://github.com/OpenRCE/sulley .. _Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/boofuzz .. _gitter: https://gitter.im/jtpereyda/boofuzz .. _@b00fuzz: https://twitter.com/b00fuzz .. _documentation: https://boofuzz.readthedocs.io/ .. _INSTALL.rst: INSTALL.rst .. _CONTRIBUTING.rst: CONTRIBUTING.rst
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