Unified Data Encapsulation for Multi-Protocol Security Testing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network security protocol testing methods are inefficient and costly due to their inability to fully utilize common characteristics of security protocols, requiring separate testing systems for each protocol and increasing development complexity and cost.
Innovation Solution
A communication protocol testing method and platform that uses a unified data encapsulation format to detect the execution of communication protocols between a tested device and a reference device, allowing for the reuse of testing systems and reducing development workload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a separate testing system is developed for each network security protocol, then the testing accuracy for that specific protocol is improved, but the development cost and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal testing platform that can test multiple network security protocols (SSL/TLS, WPA/WPA2, IPsec, etc.) through a unified data structure. The platform uses a common message structure with fields for protocol type, message type, and protocol-specific parameters, allowing a single system to adapt to different protocols without requiring separate testing systems for each protocol, thereby reducing development complexity while maintaining testing accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If a separate testing system is developed for each network security protocol, then the testing accuracy for that specific protocol is improved, but the development cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal testing platform that can test multiple network security protocols (SSL/TLS, WPA/WPA2, IPsec, etc.) through a unified data structure. The platform uses a common message structure with fields for protocol type, message type, and protocol-specific parameters, allowing a single system to adapt to different protocols without requiring separate testing systems for each protocol, thereby reducing development complexity while maintaining testing accuracy.
3Extent of automation
If data capture tools are used for testing, then the testing process becomes more automated, but the system complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service testing approach where the device under test automatically generates test data and sends it directly to the testing platform through a standardized interface. This eliminates the need for external data capture tools to intercept and analyze traffic, as the tested device itself provides the test data in the required unified format, thereby maintaining automation while reducing system complexity.
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AI summary
A communication protocol testing method, a tested device and a testing platform. The method includes: the tested device and the reference device execute a communication protocol, a message sent and/or received during execution of the communication protocol serving as a first message, and the first message being encapsulated in a data encapsulation format of the communication protocol; the tested device encapsulates a part of data or all the data in the first message and/or known data of the tested device according to a unified data encapsulation format to generate a second message; and the testing platform acquires the second message, parses the acquired second message according to the unified data encapsulation format to obtain a part of data or all the data in the second message, executes testing items, and outputs testing results, thereby completing the test.