Test System for Implementations of MHS/SMTP (Message Handling Systems/Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Gateways. Final Report: Parts 1-3

摘要

As part of the DoD strategy for a transition to Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocols, prototypes of application layer gateways are being implemented. To assist development of the prototypes, and to evaluate gateways during procurement, test systems are being implemented to evaluate conformance of the gateways to protocol standards. The architecture is based on OSI Conformance Testing Methodology, which describes abstract test methods and other issues. In this approach, an unusually formal specification of the test system, along with appropriate software tools, leads directly to the executable test system. The test system specification is written in Estelle and ASN.1, two emerging standards which are used to specify communication protocols.