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Testing BOF (TESTING)
Reported by Lee Chastain/JITC
Presentation
The BOF began with a presentation by Lee Chastain, Testing BOF Chair, of
the Joint Interoperability Test Center's OSE Conformance Testing
Laboratory (OCTL). The presentation covered the mechanics of the
Internet Protocols Testing Program (IPTP), what is being tested, how the
test process is implemented, how the results will be used and what is
being done. This presentation lasted more than an hour, with the
primary concern from the group being that the DoD Center for Standards
is referencing outdated standards. As this was beyond the control of
the OCTL, the group identified it as a problem area and moved on.
Discussion
Discussion continued after the presentation, with participants
expressing concern in the following areas.
A description of the tester was requested. The MOT is realized in
public domain software. The current version operates on a Sun
workstation or a PC equipped with an OPUS card that provides the Sun
functionality.
The referenced MIL-STDs being out-of-date means that the MOT is
out-of-date. An updated set of MIL-STDs is close to being published.
As the MIL-STDs are updated, the MOT will be updated. The requirement
was recognized that RFCs may need to be updated and pertinent sections
from other RFCs be consolidated within the base RFC.
When Sun platforms were mentioned some concern was noted about the
IP/TCP software having problems with current RFCs.
The recommendation to establish an e-mail group to facilitate discussion
of conformance testing and the IPTP was made and Chris Wellens offered
to set up a listserver to establish the mail group.