3511: Benchmarking Methodology for Firewall Performance.

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This document discusses and defines a number of tests that may be used to describe the performance characteristics of firewalls. In addition to defining the tests, this document also describes specific formats for reporting the results of the tests.

Status INFORMATIONAL
Format TXT=67916 bytes
Authors T. Martin S. Tadjudin D. Newman
Date April 2003
Keyphrases test Firewall connection TCP

References

RFC793: Transmission Control Protocol.
RFC815: IP datagram reassembly algorithms.
RFC1242: Benchmarking terminology for network interconnection devices.
RFC1858: Security Considerations for IP Fragment Filtering.
RFC2285: Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices.
RFC2544: Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices.
RFC2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
RFC2647: Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance.
RFC2889: Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices.