SUNG Jongjin

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Current Activities on IPv6 Interoperability
Testing

• SUNG Jong-jin
• (jsung_at_tta.or.kr)
• TTA IT Testing Laboratory

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IPv6 Testing Activities

• Connectathon (http//www.connectathon.org)
• The first event for IPv6 held in 1993
• The next one is in March 2002 at San
  Jose(California)
• TAHI Project (http//www.tahi.org)
• Dedicated specially to IPv6 and organized in
  Japan
• Organized by the TAHI Project
• The 3rd interoperability test event held in
  January 2002
• ETSI Plugtests (http//www.etsi.org/plugtests)
• The first IPv6 interoperability event held in
  2000 (called bake-off)
• The last event was in November 2001 at Cannes
• UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium (http//www.iol.unh.edu/co
  nsortiums/main.html)
• 6NET Project (http//www.6net.org) / Euro6IX

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Connectathon(http//www.connectathon.org)

• In 1986, Sun Microsystems sponsored the first
  Connectathon event
• A unique forum for testing software and hardware
  interoperability
• A network proving ground allowing vendors to test
  their interoperability solutions

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Connectathon 2002 Events
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TAHI Project (http//www.tahi.org/)

• Started at October 1, 1998
• Objective
• Developing and providing the verification
  technology for IPv6
• Open the results and fruits of the project to the
  public for FREE
• Research Range
• Conformance Interoperability Test for IPv6
• Development of test tools
• Test and Report
• Making Test Scenarios
• Related Project
• WIDE(Widely Integrated Distributed Environment)
  Project 6bone-jp
• KAME Project to create single solid software
  set for IPv6 and IPsec
• USAGI Project to create IPv6 protocol stack for
  the Linux system

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The history of TAHI Project

• October 1, 1998 TAHI Project Started
• September 26 Oct 1, 1999 The 1st IPv6
  Interoperability Test Event
• July 15 - 18, 2000 The 2nd IPv6 Interoperability
  Test Event
• Feb. 8, 2001 Release-1.0 of Interoperability
  Test Suite
• Ported FreeBSD 4.X
• Don't support FreeBSD 2.X
• All interoperability test tools is included

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Recent(3rd) Test Event in TAHI

• Jan. 23-26, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama Conference
  Center
• 29 Participants IBM, Cisco, NEC, NTT, 6WIND,
  etc.
• Co-operated by TAHI and ETSI
• Interoperability Tests
• Mobile IPv6 (entry 8, coverage Home
  Registration)
• RIPng (12, Basic Interoperability)
• BGP4 (6, EBGP, IBGP, EBGP,IBGP,RIPng, Route
  Reflector)
• OSPFv3 (3, Basic Interoperability, Cost Control,
  Loop, Inter-Area Routing, Virtual link )
• Multicast Routing (5 router and 2 host
  implementations, MLDv1, PIM-SM RIPng, PIM-SM
  Static Routing)
• Configured Tunnel (7 router and 3 host
  implementations, Basic functionalities)
• IPv6 IPsec (8, tunnel mode/transport mode, Manual
  keying/IKE), etc

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Recent Test Event in TAHI (cont)

• Conformance Test Activities
• Entries 11 host implementations and 10 router
  implementations
• Test Menu
• IPv6 Specification(for LCNA Low Cost Network
  Appliance)
• ICMPv6 for IPv6 Specification(for LCNA)
• Neighbor Discovery(for LCNA)
• IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration(for
  LCNA)
• IPv6 Path MTU Discovery(for LCNA)
• IPsec ESP Transport mode for IPv6(for LCNA)
• Mobile IPv6
• IPv6 Specification
• ICMPv6 for IPv6 Specification
• Neighbor Discovery
• IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
• IPv6 Path MTU Discovery
• IPsec AH and ESP for IPv6 (ICMP Echo version)
• IPsec AH and ESP for IPv4 (ICMP Echo version)
• IPsec AH and ESP for IPv4 (UDP Echo version)
• IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnel

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Recent Test Event in TAHI (cont)

• Test Coverage
• draft-okabe-ipv6-lcna-minreq-00.txt Minimum
  Requirement of IPv6 for Low Cost Network
  Appliance
• draft-ietf-mobileip-ipv6-15.txt Mobility Support
  in IPv6
• draft-ietf-mobileip-ipv6-13.txt Mobility Support
  in IPv6
• RFC1933 Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and
  Routers
• RFC1981 Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
• RFC2401 Security Architecture for the Internet
  Protocol
• RFC2402 IP Authentication Header
• RFC2403 The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH
  
• RFC2404 The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and
  AH
• RFC2405 The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm With
  Explicit IV
• RFC2406 IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
• RFC2410 The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its
  Use With IPsec
• RFC2451 The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms
• RFC2460 IPv6 Specification
• RFC2461 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6
  (IPv6)
• RFC2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
  
• RFC2463 ICMPv6 for IPv6 Specification

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TAHI Interoperability Test Scenarios

• IPv6 Basic Specifications
• Security
• Routing
• Multicast
• Name Service
• Management
• TCP Layer Issues
• Other Application Layer Issues
• Performance
• Interoperability Test with Multi Implementations

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ETSI Plugtests(www.etsi.org/plugtests)

• Interoperability tests event where engineers of
  competing companies get together to test a
  (draft) standard and their implementations
• Plugtests event
• open event - everyone implementing the standard
  is welcome to participate
• closed event - no sales marketing
  representatives, no customers
• Goal improving interoperability by enhancing the
  quality of the specification
• Open to all communication standards
• philippe.cousin_at_etsi.fr ltInteroperability service
  managergt

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Past Plugtests Events
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2002 Plugtests Plan
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Recent(2nd) IPv6 Test Event in ETSI Plugtests

• Nov. 19-23, 2001, Hotel Radisson Montfleury
  Cannes
• Participants(16 companies)
• Testers UNH/IOL(USA), TAHI Project(japan),
  Ericsson Research(Hungary), G6test(represented by
  IRISA/Armor ENST Bretagne in France)
• Vendors 6WIND S.A., Cisco Systems, Compag,
  Computer Corporation, etc
• Conformance Test
• Neighbor Discovery
• Stateless Address Auto-configuration
• Redirect
• Path MTU discovery
• PPPv6
• RIPng
• Mobile IPv6, etc

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Recent IPv6 Test Event in ETSI(cont)

• Interoperability test
• Mobile IPv6
• Transition Mechanisms(6to4, NAT-PT, ISATAP)
• PPPv6
• Test Result
• Core Protocol
• Some minor bugs have been detected
• Implementations are quite stable
• Transition Mechanism
• Interoperability tests have lighted
  misinterpretations of the RFC
• Mobile IPv6
• Main tests have been done based on draft v.13
  without security consideration
• The difficulty came from the coexistence of
  several version(v.13-v.15) of the draft of Mobile
  IPv6

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UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium (http//www.iol.unh.edu/c
onsortiums/main.html)

• A Lightweight, Non-binding Cooperative Agreement
• No Legal or Commercial Standing
• Voluntary and Open to All
• Current Members About 30
• Membership Fee 10,000 / year

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UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium Services

• Providing Tests
• IPv6 Specification
• Neighbor Discovery
• Path MTU Discovery
• Redirect Function
• RIPng
• Mobility
• Providing Services
• Scheduled Testing
• Group Testing Programs
• Access to IOL testing equipment and staff
  expertise
• Access to Test Suites
• InterOperability Lab Newsletter

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UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium Test Suites

• IPv6 Core Operations Test Suite
• IPv6 Core Multi-System Interoperability Test
  Suite
• RIPng Operations Test Suite
• Mobile IPv6 Correspondent Node Operations Test
  Suite
• Mobile IPv6 Home Agent Operations Test Suite
• Mobile IPv6 Mobile Node Operations Test Suite
• Mobile IPv6 Multi-System Interoperability Test
  Suite
• Transition Mechanisms and Address Selection Test
  Suite

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UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium - Equipment List (1/2) -
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UNH IOL IPv6 Consortium - Equipment List (2/2) -