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This paper examines the applicability of OSI conformance test methodology to Internet protocols. It summarizes the differences between them and introduces the Internet Reference Model along with a new abstract test method, which was designed for the practical purposes of conformance testing of TCP/IP protocols. Some interesting test cases, that were chosen from HTTP, demonstrate the facilities of the model and give impression of testing Internet protocols.
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Gecse, R. (1998). Conformance testing methodology of Internet protocols Internet application-layer protocol testing — the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. In: Petrenko, A., Yevtushenko, N. (eds) Testing of Communicating Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35381-4_3
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