IPv6 Trends
IPv6 promises the benefits of almost unlimited IP addresses,
enhanced security and mobility. Many equipment developers,
network operators and government / defence organizations are
in the midst of adding IPv6 support to their devices and networks.
Unfortunately, hackers are already writing IPv6 DoS attacks
and exploiting weaknesses in IPv6/IPv4 tunnelled networks
New Test Challenges
Will your IPv6 firewall become a bottleneck? Several factors
degrade device performance, including:
- Longer IPv6 addresses -- Firewalls need to filter
and match on a much longer address field.
- Variable-length IPv6 headers -- Optional encryption
and authentication headers are more complex to parse.
- IPv6 and IPv4 concurrent processing -- Dual state
tables and simultaneous operation sap performance.
- Application intelligence -- Deep packet inspection
requires decoding of IPv6 and tunnelled packets.
The scalability and performance of network security devices
can be difficult to predict because of the wide variety and
expected mixture of IPv6 and IPv4 applications. Test engineers
are forced to develop new test scenarios and re-evaluate device
performance.
NetworkTester -- An Integrated Solution
By taking an integrated approach to testing, the Agilent
NetworkTester accelerates your development or deployment of
next-generation devices and networks.
The NetPressure application covers all your network security
and content networking test needs:
- Transaction variability makes setup easy. Named attributes
and lists, IPv6 and IPv4 address ranges, list iteration
and randomization functions. No need to remember IPv6 parameters!
- Client & server emulation are integrated in one application.
You don't need to re-enter long IPv6 addresses.
- Measure real performance using stateful traffic, from
a mix of applications, over IPv6 and IPv4.
- Support for IPv6 and IPsecv6 are seamlessly integrated
into the powerful Test Plan environment. There is no need
for scripting!
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