[comp.protocols.iso] ASN.1 BER stress testing tool

skc@cos.com (Steve Castro) (01/12/91)

	The COS Interoperability Research Program announces the 
	availability (via OSINET) of an experimental tool for 
	stressing the ASN.1 BER decoding capabilities of the 
	presentation layer.  The initial prototype (written for FTAM), 
	known as the Knowledge Based Encoding Analyzer and Relay (KBEAR), 
	is positioned as a presentation layer relay between FTAM initiators 
	and responders.  KBEAR intercepts and modifies the encoding 
	of Presentation, ACSE, and FTAM protocol data units without 
	changing the protocol semantics. The modification of the encodings 
	is either controlled, to mimic the encoding characteristics of 
	other known implementations, or random, to provide a sampling of 
	all legal encoding possibilities.
		Free access to the service, which is intended to aid
	product development and interoperability testing, is available 
	to all interested parties, with full support extended to COS members.
	If you wish to be included in a forthcoming mailing, which will
	describe how to access the KBEAR server using OSINET, just send me:

		your name
		organization
		street address
		Phone #
		email address

	Steve Castro
	(703) 883-2806
	skc@cos.com  (or try  uunet!cos!skc)