An Evaluation Methodology for Protocol Analysis Systems

Abstract

Current day communication systems rely on protocols to provide secure communications among parties. Weaknesses in protocols, at first thought to be secure, have been found through deep analysis. There are many systems that have been designed to provide a means to test the various security characteristics of communication protocols. We present an evaluation methodology that can be used to evaluate protocol analysis systems based on their scope, correctness, performance, and usability characteristics. We apply portions of the methodology to a set of protocol analysis systems to show the evaluation methodology in action.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467175

Entities

People

  • Chris W. Hoffmeister

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymetric Encryption
  • Beta Testing
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Cybersecurity
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Performance Tests
  • Secure Communications
  • Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Shell Scripts
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design