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GREASE-like support for ipptool and ippserver

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Description

Copied from original ippsample issue 71

Investigate implementing fuzzing and GREASE support into ipptool, specifically for inserting randomized attributes with different names, values, and syntaxes.

Probably there should be a way to insert a random value tag, attribute name, and/or value, plus insert N random attributes.


In fuzzing/grease mode we need to make sure we report/record the actual IPP message so that bug reports, etc. can include the full request for testing and debugging.


Feedback from morning IPP session:

  • Should also include ippserver
  • Perhaps use a separate ipptool file generator for the fuzzing
  • GREASE support likely needs to be made part of the ipptool/ippserver code (maybe add an API to libcups to append random attributes to the request?)

Work list for this bug:

  • libcups: new "void ippAddRandomAttributes(ipp_t *ipp)" API for adding random attributes and values to a request or response in current group. Needs to be public API so that servers based on the public API can implement it.
  • ipptool: new "-g" (GREASE) option to automatically inject random attributes into every request, and a "GREASE" directive inside test files.
  • ippserver: new "-g" (GREASE) option and system.conf "GREASE" directive to enable random attributes in every response.
  • Documentation of GREASE extensions

I'll file a separate issue to track a new fuzzing tool.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the libcups API surface and the ipptool and ippserver entry points mentioned in the work list. The work is done when random attributes can be enabled through the proposed API, ipptool -g/GREASE and ippserver -g/system.conf directives, actual messages are recorded, and GREASE extensions are documented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
networking, testing-qa, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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