lsilber@CCT.BBN.COM ("Lorraine A. Silber") (10/31/88)
Doug -- BBN Communications offers a service called Test Net that provides X.25 (CCITT and DDN), TCP/IP, and higher-level protocol testing. We offer conformance testing of X.25 now and hope to be accredited to certify X.25 implementations for DDN by the end of November. TCP/IP conformance testing is a more difficult matter. The only conformance test suite for TCP/IP that I know about was developed by UNISYS under contract to Defense Communications Agency. It is to be used to test TCP/IP implementations for DDN, but it has not been released to any laboratory to do TCP/IP certifications as yet, although I have heard it will be used next year. There has been much discussion about this test suite, and one of the difficulties about it is that it was developed to run on a microvax using Ultrix 1.1, an obsolete operating system. I believe the test suite is available from the government now, but I don't have any more details on how you can receive it. Test Net can offer you functional, performance, and interoperability testing of TCP/IP and any higher-level protocols your product may have. We offer real-life network testing and a realistic, multi-vendor network environment. Our test network is a part of the BBNNet, and we can connect your product to it in our lab or via a dial-up connection from your site. Using a test plan customized for your product, we can use special test tools to stress your product and find problems. If you would like more information on Test Net, please contact me. I would be happy to explain our services further. Lori Silber lsilber@cct.bbn.com BBN Communications Corporation 703-848-4855