An Integrated Algorithm in Component Security Testing

Component testing provides easy identification of bugs, threats, defects, vulnerabilities etc. and if component testing is performed beforehand it will be a very big help. But since the component based system are made up of third party components and these third party components are the collection of the specifications or the black box components, therefore the source code is not visible to the developer or the tester. Testing becomes difficult as a result of it. It is at this point that the mutation testing approach and various fault based injection approach comes into picture. When component testing is performed with the help of mutation testing and fault based injection techniques it generates a number of records, details called as monitor logs. These monitor logs are checked for the existence of any insecure or vulnerable component with the help of string searching algorithm. The existing string searching algorithm has results which can be improved hence a new integrated algorithm known as proposed algorithm is proposed. Keywordscomponent testing; vulnerabilities; monitor logs; string searching.