An application of random software testing

Program testing remains the most commonly used method for verifying the reliability of software products. A popular method for integration testing is to develop a test plan based on the system requirements. We discuss some of the shortcomings of this approach and present our experiences with a random testing approach of a telecommunications project (a secure telephone conferencer). Among the benefits of this approach are improved requirements definition, improved fault detection, a simpler approach to system reliability estimation and reduced life-cycle costs.