Passives Testen

Was ist passives Testen?

Passives Testen ist eine Softwaretesttechnik, die das System ohne Interaktion beobachtet. Andererseits beinhaltet aktives Testen die Interaktion mit dem System.

Aktiv gegen passives Testen:

Consider a password based authentication system. Password testing is performed to check if the user can login using easy passwords. Upon successful login the program might mail or write a success message the sys admin. This testing is active testing. Passive testing in this case, involves testing of the password file protection and comparing the encrypted strings.