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deepstate
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trailofbits / deepstate

deepstate

A unit test-like interface for fuzzing and symbolic execution

12Distinct people
15Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
866GitHub stars
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A unit test-like interface for fuzzing and symbolic execution

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HN mentions by year15 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-02-18 21:40:23 UTC to 2021-09-09 02:48:36 UTC.

02462018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2021

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20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC725
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312

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I work on a Google Test-like unit testing framework called DeepState [1] that gives you access to fuzzing and symbolic execution from your C or C++ unit tests. We have a tutorial [2] describing how to use it. It's new and still under development, but shows massive potential, and really brings these software security tools into a more developer-centric workflow. [1] https://github.com/trailofbits/deepstate [2] http://www.petergoodman.me/docs/secdev-2018-slides.pdf
In Generating Software Tests: Breaking Software for Fun and Profit
If you're an everyday C/C++ programmer and can't imagine how Angr could fit into your workflow, then check out DeepState (https://github.com/trailofbits/deepstate). It is a Google Test-compatible unit testing framework that lets you write parameterized unit tests, using Angr to perform the state space exploration. What that means is that you can write a unit test, e.g. that addition of two integers doesn't overflow (it can), and using the power of Angr, DeepState will evaluate your test for all possible integers, not hard-coded ones, and not just some randomly chosen ones.
In Angr – User-friendly binary analysis platform

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