Containerized SSL VPN Testing with Virtual Workloads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional testing of SSL VPN implementations is time-consuming and expensive, lacking an affordable and efficient method for companies to verify and compare cybersecurity vendor solutions, leading to potential misalignment between vendor-provided performance data and actual system performance.
Innovation Solution
Employing containerized orchestration technology to automate SSL VPN benchmarking, enabling scalable and cost-effective testing of multiple devices under test (DUTs) through the use of containerized applications and workloads that simulate various network interactions, allowing for extensive and comparative performance evaluation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional testing methods are used for SSL VPN implementations, then testing can be performed, but the process becomes time-consuming and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of testing environments using containerization technology. Instead of physical hardware setups, virtual representations of network devices and SSL VPN implementations are deployed in isolated container environments, enabling parallel testing without requiring additional physical infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The testing platform is designed as a universal system that can evaluate multiple different SSL VPN implementations across various vendors using a single infrastructure. The containerized architecture allows the same testing framework to adapt to different device types, protocols, and configurations through standardized interfaces.
2Reliability
If conventional testing methods are used for SSL VPN implementations, then testing can be performed, but the process becomes expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple testing functions and environments into a single unified containerized platform. By combining test case execution, result analysis, and multiple virtual device instances into one integrated system, the platform eliminates the need for separate testing infrastructures for each SSL VPN vendor, significantly reducing overall testing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
Virtual copies of testing environments replace expensive physical hardware setups. The containerized virtual devices simulate real SSL VPN implementations without requiring actual proprietary hardware from each vendor, reducing infrastructure costs while maintaining testing accuracy.
3Productivity
If companies rely on vendor-provided performance data without self-testing, then implementation can proceed quickly, but the accuracy of performance evaluation is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The platform enables companies to perform their own independent benchmarking of SSL VPN implementations without relying on vendor-provided data. Organizations can autonomously execute standardized test suites against multiple vendor solutions using the containerized platform, generating their own verification data to make informed procurement decisions.
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AI summary
Containerized orchestration of secure socket layer virtual private network benchmarking is disclosed. A test portal can accommodate developing test event information (TEI) based on test input information. Test input information can be used to generate event images, e.g., containers, that can be readily scaled, mutated, etc., via a containerization environment instance. One or more event image can be groups into a pod. An event image can be a new container, a previously used container, or a permutation of a container. Event image(s) can be retrieved from external sources, e.g., a library, a commercial vendor of event images, etc. TEI can be based on a pod(s) and communicated to a device-under-test (DUT). DUT performance can be measured, and results can be accessed by an entity, e.g., a test engineer, a results analysis engine, etc. Results can be employed to direct subsequent DUT testing.