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List:       full-disclosure
Subject:    Re: [Full-disclosure] Penetration testing will be dead by 2009 -
From:       Jared DeMott <jdemott () crucialsecurity ! com>
Date:       2008-12-31 18:53:23
Message-ID: 495BBFA3.6060808 () crucialsecurity ! com
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James Matthews wrote:
> I wish! Fortify software has been tested against many open source
> projects and reported a bunch of false positives. Yes i know they are
> working to improve the software.... However i still hold that fuzzing
> will show you some issues that this software cannot.
>
> James
And if you're unsure if that's true ... just look to the iron chef
fuzzing preso from this years blackhat ... fuzzing managed to find a
"better" bug, though both approaches (static and dynamic) found a decent
bug in the software under test.
Happy New Year!
Jared

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