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Fuzz testing would have been very unlikely to help since any byte value at that position besides ASCII 1, 2, or 3 "inoculated" the NIC from the bug. There is a
by laughinghan 14y ago
Fuzz testing would have been very unlikely to help since any byte value at that position besides ASCII 1, 2, or 3 "inoculated" the NIC from the bug. There is a very excellent case to be made for fuzz testing, but this isn't it.
Given that, for all we know the relevant parties did conduct extensive fuzz testing and your condescension is misplaced.
- wglb 14y agoNo condescension is intended. Fuzz testing is often not what many folks think of in a situation like this. It wouldn't surprise me at all if there are other issues that don't depend on these exact circumstances to get something to fall over.