NetSecOPEN and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), as a founding member, first started collaborations in the Summer of 2017. The goals at the time were clear: certification testing for the performance of security devices in an open and transparent way that enables the best opportunity for “apple-to-apples” comparison of results.
NetsecOPEN and the UNH-IOL had common goals from the beginning. The UNH-IOL’s dual mission is to provide a neutral environment to...
The IOL INTACT® software is an automated protocol test tool designed and developed by the UNH-IOL. Companies can use this tool to perform in-house testing for a variety of IPv6 and Routing protocols to help prepare for a variety of testing programs such as IPv6 Ready Logo, USGv6, Malaysia and ANATEL.
The latest version, 3.3.0.0, of the IOL INTACT® software was just released and includes several new features, making automation of testing easier than ever. This blog will cover...
The IPv6 Ready Core Conformance Test Specification has gone through a minor technical update. To help you better understand some of the changes, we have put together this Q&A that you may find helpful. Please see the official announcement from the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee for full details.
What does this update mean for me?This means that all future test results submitted for an IPv6 Ready Core Logo will need to align with the...
We are looking forward to hosting the OPNFV Plugfest the week of December 5 - 9, 2016 at the UNH Interoperability Lab. The week-long event is a great opportunity for organizations to test the interoperability of specific OPNFV implementations over multiple hardware platforms as well as Virtual Network Functions (VNF)applications.
Plugfests provide a venue for to do real-time, hands-on testing with others in the industry. These events can be extremely valuable during the early stages of technology....
The UNH-IOL is pleased to announce the 3.2.4.0 release of the IOL INTACT® Network Test Automation Software. This long awaited update delivers our most requested features to our users and marks two significant paradigm shifts for the IOL INTACT® platform: Floating Licenses, and Virtual Machine Support. In addition, this release is combined with updates to two of the most popular IOL INTACT® test packages: IPv6 Core and CE Router. These updates include bug fixes, and for the first time complete PASS/FAIL Results reporting for each and every test case.
As a 20+ year industry veteran, when hearing the term Software Defined Networking (SDN) and the concept of Open Flow, I thought 'Haven't we solved this problem before?' Age-old protocols such as Spanning Tree and OSPF when deployed together provide consistent paths throughout the network. Newer technologies such as TRILL and Shortest Path Bridging capitalize on the aspects of those features combined to create a one stop shop protocol to accomplish the same idea. SDN, OpenFlow, and Open Daylight along...
The IOL INTACT software is an automated protocol test tool designed and developed in-house by UNH-IOL. It supports many protocols above the Physical Layer, and is fully extensible, making the addition of new protocols easy. Support for BGP was recently added, and with it comes several architectural considerations allowing for straightforward use in script development. BGP makes core routing decisions for the Internet. It is unique among routing protocols in that it runs over TCP/IP, which may lead one to believe that developing IOL INTACT test scripts for BGP would require implementation of TCP as well, adding significant complexity. However, thanks to the object-oriented design of IOL INTACT, the implementation is greatly simplified.
The amount of devices connecting to the global internet is growing on a daily basis. New products are constantly communicating with each other to provide a better user experience. Running shoes connect to a wireless network to upload speed and distance. Automated temperature and light controls communicate with a central system of a building to keep the cost of energy down. Virtual machines allow for several operating systems to run on the same piece of hardware, thus driving down maintenance costs.
The need for IPv6 has been recognized since the early '90's, but the transition has proved to be much easier said than done. The United States Government (USG) aimed to make all of their external services - websites, email, DNS, etc. - accessible over IPv6 by September 2012. The Federal IPv6 Working Group has aided many agencies in their efforts to plan the transition. This required analysis of the new servers and the functions necessary to turn them on, as well as discussion about whether the current load balancer supported IPv6, and whether firewalls could still protect the new network after a simple firmware upgrade.
Over the past couple of months, I have been receiving inquiries from home gateway (CPE) manufacturers about the existing IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 Core and the soon to be released CPE (November 2012) Logos. Some of these inquiries include: do I need a CPE Logo if I all ready have a Phase-2 Core Logo? Or, what's the difference in requirements between the two programs? To much of the existing logo holders disappointment, the IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 Core testing will not satisfy all the requirements that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has defined in RFC 6204bis, "Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers." Thus, the IPv6 Ready Logo committee created a new program called CPE Logo including the CE Router Test Specifications currently under public review. These test specifications include test cases for the added functionality necessary to ensure seamless connectivity to the home user.