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Content-Aware Device Benchmarking Methodology/Terminology

(draft-hamilton-bmwg-ca-bench-meth-06)(draft-hamilton-bmwg-ca-bench-term-00)

BMWG MeetingIETF-80 Prague

March 2011

Mike Hamiltonmhamilton@breakingpoint.com

BreakingPoint Systems

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Agenda

Draft Update Next Steps

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Status

•Methodology• Updated to 06 version on ID• Addressed comments by WG up to date• Mostly updated wording in the introduction

•Terminology • Created -00 version• Very rough

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Outstanding Questions

• Traffic Composition• How to define the traffic mix• How to define a single protocol within the mix• Should it be updatable• How do we define security• Do we simply leave it out• Malformed traffic• How to define• Leave it out?

•Have I convinced that totally repeatable is not necessary for meaningful results

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Next Steps

• Adopt as a draft?• While not perfect, certainly has made progress and

could use formal input from the WG•Work left to do• Define more specifically the traffic mix• Make decisions on exploit and malformed traffic• Finalize drafts