White-box testing

White-box testing

White-box testing (also known as clear box testing, glass box testing, transparent box testing, and structural testing) is a method of testing software that tests internal structures or workings of an application, as opposed to its functionality (i.e. black-box testing). In white-box testing an internal perspective of the system, as well as programming skills, are required and used to design test cases. The tester chooses inputs to exercise paths through the code and determine the appropriate outputs. This is analogous to testing nodes in a circuit, e.g. in-circuit testing (ICT).

While white-box testing can be applied at the unit, integration and system levels of the software testing process, it is usually done at the unit level. It can test paths within a unit, paths between units during integration, and between subsystems during a system level test. Though this method of test design can uncover many errors or problems, it might not detect unimplemented parts of the specification or missing requirements.

White-box test design techniques include:

  • Control flow testing
  • Data flow testing
  • Branch testing
  • Path testing

Hacking

In penetration testing, white-box testing refers to a methodology where an ethical hacker has full knowledge of the system being attacked. The goal of a white-box penetration test is to simulate a malicious insider who has some knowledge and possibly basic credentials to the target system.

See also

  • Metasploit
  • White hat hacker
  • Black-box testing
  • Grey box testing

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