Robustness testing
Robustness testing is any quality assurance methodology focused on testing the robustness of software. Robustness testing has also been used to describe the process of verifying the robustness (i.e. correctness) of test cases in a test process.
ANSI and IEEE have defined robustness as the degree to which a system or component can function correctly in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions. [1]
The term "robustness testing" was first used by OUSPG and VTT researchers taking part in the PROTOS project. They used it to refer to the new type of automated model-based test generation they had invented for software security testing. [2] Eventually the term Fuzzing (which security people use for mostly non-intelligent and random robustness testing) extended to also cover model-based robustness testing.
List of tools for robustness testing is maintained e.g. here: http://www.protocoltesting.com/robustness.html (link is dead)
References
- ^ "Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology (ANSI)". The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 1991.
- ^ Kaksonen, Rauli. 2001. A Functional Method for Assessing Protocol Implementation Security (Licentiate thesis). Espoo. Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT Publications 448. 128 p. + app. 15 p. ISBN 951-38-5873-1 (soft back ed.) ISBN 951-38-5874-X (on-line ed.). https://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/PROTOS_VTT2001-functional
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