Title :
Fault-oriented software robustness assessment for multicast protocols
Author :
Xiao, Shu ; Li, Sheng ; Wang, Xiangrong ; Deng, Lijun
Author_Institution :
ARF, Cisco Syst. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports a systematic approach for detecting software defects in multicast protocol implementations. We deploy a fault-oriented methodology and an integrated test system targeting software robustness vulnerabilities. The primary method is to assess protocol implementation by non-traditional interface fault injection that simulates network attacks. The test system includes a novel packet driving engine, a PDU generator based on Strengthened BNF notation and a few auxiliary tools. We apply it to two multicast protocols, IGMP and PIM-DM, and investigate their behaviors under active functional attacks. Our study proves its effectiveness for promoting production of more reliable multicast software.
Keywords :
Internet; multicast protocols; program testing; security of data; software fault tolerance; Internet security; PDU generator; Strengthened BNF notation; computer security; fault-oriented methodology; integrated test system; interface fault injection; multicast protocol; multicast protocols; network attacks; packet driving engine; software defects; software robustness; Communication system security; Computer hacking; Computer security; IP networks; Multicast protocols; Robustness; Search engines; Software testing; System testing; TCPIP;
Conference_Titel :
Network Computing and Applications, 2003. NCA 2003. Second IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1938-5
DOI :
10.1109/NCA.2003.1201160
