A Survey on the Development of Network Protocol Fuzzing Techniques

Network protocols, as the communication rules among computer network devices, are foundation for normal operation of networks. However, security issues arising from design flaws and implementation vulnerabilities in protocols pose significant risks to operations security. protocol fuzzing is an effective technique discovering mitigating protocols. It offers unparalleled advantages compared other analysis techniques thanks minimal requirement prior knowledge target low deployment complexity. Nevertheless, randomness test case generation, uncontrollable coverage, unstable testing efficiency introduce challenges ensuring controllability process results. In order comprehensively survey development analyze their existing issues, this paper, we categorized summarized its related based on generation methods cases conditions. Specifically, overviewed trajectory patterns these over past two decades according chronological order. Based analysis, further predict future directions techniques.