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The search for errors and vulnerabilities in operating systems, implementations of network protocols, and software products is an important task in information security. Fuzzing is currently one of the most popular approaches to searching for vulnerabilities. It can provide the highest degree of automation compared to other approaches and, thus, it is highly popular. The main disadvantage of fuzzing is the time of searching for vulnerabilities. This paper suggests architecture of the network protocol fuzzing system based on using x86 multiprocessor servers and virtualization technologies; it provides high system scalability and a capability of parallel fuzzing, which allows one to significantly reduce the time of searching for vulnerabilities.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Pechenkin, A.V. Nikolskiy, 2015, published in Problemy Informatsionnoi Bezopasnosti. Komp’yuternye Sistemy.
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Pechenkin, A.I., Nikolskiy, A.V. Architecture of a scalable system of fuzzing network protocols on a multiprocessor cluster. Aut. Control Comp. Sci. 49, 758–765 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411615080313
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411615080313