Patent · US Active

Network testing methods and systems

US7620989B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Spirent Communications, Inc. · CA

Inventors

Russell Couturier · Milton, US
Dinkar Chivaluri · Woburn, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 18, 2005
Grant date	Nov 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Network vulnerability testing methods, systems, devices, appliances and software products generate stateful and stateless network representative of network threats. The traffic is applied to a network or device under test, thereby to test the vulnerability of the network or device to threats. A graphical user interface, which does not require a programming or scripting language can be used to generate an intermediate descriptive format that can in turn be used to generate stateful or stateless threat signatures. By using the intermediate descriptive form, threats can be generated under the control of the graphical user interface and in accordance with stored threat signatures, without the need for a programming or scripting language.

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