Software Testing, Anomaly Detection, and Video Traffic Characterization Related Links

[Companies and Institutes] [University Research Labs] [Government Research Labs] [Publications] [Conferences] [Tools] [Articles and Papers] [Miscellaneous]

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Companies and Institutes

Defense Standardization Program
Internet Engineering Steering Group
National Software Testing Labs
Satisfice, Inc.
Quality Assurance Institute
Testing Foundations - Consulting in Software Testing
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division at NIST.
American Productivity and Quality Center
American Society for Quality
ASQ Software Quality Division
Australian Software Quality Institute
European Software Institute
Society for Software Quality
Testing Foundations - Brian Marick's website.

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University Research Labs

Center for Software Engineering Research at the Florida Institute of Technology.
Software Engineering Research Lab at MIT.
Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon.
Software Quality Institute at University of Texas at Austin.

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Government Research Labs

Software Assurance Technology Center - a part of NASA.

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Publications

Software Quality Professional - A quarterly, peer-reviewed journal published by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

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Conferences

Quality Week Europe 2002
International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
International Conference on Software Quality

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Tools

• Code Coverage
  
  AutomatedQA - Automated code coverage for C/C++.
  gcov - Information on invoking this gcc-based tool.
  gcov with User Mode Linux - How to use gcov on the Linux kernel.
  GCT - UNIX code coverage tool, needs to be ported to Linux or Windows.
  ParaSoft C++Test
  Rational PureCoverage
  C-Cover - C/C++ code coverage tool for Windows/Linux.
  
  
  
  
• Fault Injection
  
  Loki - State-based fault injector for distributed systems.
  PacketStorm IP Network Emulators - Emulates networks and injects faults.
  SmartBits - Emulates networks and injects faults.
  
  
  
  
• Intrusion Detection Systems
  
  Snort - Open Source IDS.
  SHADOW - Secondary Heuristic Analysis for Defensive Online Warfare - Developed by the Navy to detect online attacks.
  
  
  
  
• Load Generators
  
  WebAvalanche - Internet stress tester.
  
  
  
  
• Network Emulation and Testing
  
  ANVL - Automated network validation library.
  PacketStorm IP Network Emulators - Emulates networks and injects faults.
  Packet-level Trace Files - Many different types of traces from Packet-Level.com.
  SmartBits - Emulates networks and injects faults.
  WebReflector - Works with WebAvalanche.
  
  
  
  
• Testing Suites
  
  Compuware Products
  Code Checking Tools - A list of non-integrated tools for code checking.
  Testwell - suite of code coverage tools for C, C++, Java, and Ada.
  e-Test suite 6.0 - Internet load testing and monitoring.
  Mercury Interactive - Enterprise testing and performance management tools.
  Silk tools - Load testing and simulation.
  RadView - Internet testing and load generating tools.
  TestWorks - Automated testing tools (regression, coverage, and management), for Windows or Unix.
  
  
  
  

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Articles and Papers

• Code Coverage
  
  Code Coverage Analysis - An article by Steve Cornett that gives an overview of code coverage analysis.
  How to Misuse Code Coverage by Brian Marick - How to adjust the thought process when dealing with coverage.
  
  
  
  
• Fault Injection
  
  Fault Injection Tools and Techniques by Mei-Chen Hsueh, Timothy K. Tsai, and Ravishankar K. Iyer - An overview of fault injection techniques and tools.
  A Perspective on the State of Research on Fault Injection Techniques by Yangyang Yu - A paper that offers a survey on past and present fault injection techniques as well as comparisons of techniques.
  DOCTOR: An IntegrateD SOftware Fault InjeCTiOn EnviRonment by Seungjae Han, Harold A. Rosenberg, Kang G. Shin.
  
  
  
  
• Intrusion Detection Systems
  
  Snort - Lightweight Intrusion Detection for Networks by M. Roesch - All about the Snort tool.
  Intrusion Detection Systems by R. Bace and P. Mell - A NIST special publication on Intrusion Detection.
  How To Guide - Implementing a Network Based Intrusion Detection System by B. Laing - A paper on NIDS from Internet Security Systems.
  Experiences Benchmarking Intrusion Detection Systems by M. J. Ranum.
  
  
  
  
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• Network Emulation
  
  
  
  

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Miscellaneous

Cem Kaner's Website - Filled with papers, books, links, and more.
Software Testing Hotlist - Huge list of links to resources for Software Testers
The Software Quality Page - More links and resources.
WWW Virtual Library - Software Engineering - More links.

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