Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!ucsd!rutgers!gatech!dcatla!dnwcv
From: dnwcv@dcatla.UUCP (William C. VerSteeg)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Test suite for IP based systems
Summary: Does one exist?
Message-ID: <8298@dcatla.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 88 21:28:23 GMT
Reply-To: dnwcv@sune.UUCP (William C. VerSteeg)
Organization: DCA Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Lines: 21


Is there an application program written to test IP based systems ?
Public domain code would be best, but I would consider paying for 
a good test suite. I recall that somebody was trying to start a 
firm for this purpose, but I never heard any hard facts about a test suite.

What I am looking for is something that I can put on a private ethernet
cable, do some minimal configuration (i.e give it some IP addresses and 
the applications that I want tested), and walk away
from. I would like to come back and have a printout saying "Yes the target
knows about redirects", "The target responds to the following Telnet
negotiations properly", "The target can FTP a file at xxxxx Bytes/Sec",etc.

I need this suite for regression testing of systems that I am
modifying. It is so time consuming to make sure 
nothing breaks as I add new features to my code. If such a system doesn't
exist, would anybody like to work with me to put one together?


Bill VerSteeg
Digital Communications Associates