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Re:Initial details about why CrowdStrike's CSAgent.sys crashed by 1992spacemovie on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:31AM (#41024313)
Interesting observation. As a non-developer, what can one do to enhance coverage for these types of scenerios? Fuzz testing?
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Re:Initial details about why CrowdStrike's CSAgent.sys crashed by rwmj on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:24AM (#41024603)
Fuzz testing absolutely should be used whenever you parse anything.
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Re:Initial details about why CrowdStrike's CSAgent.sys crashed by SoftTalker on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:57AM (#41025975)
Yeah, even if you are only parsing "safe" inputs such as ones you created yourself. Other bugs and sometimes even truly random events can corrupt data.
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