2009-08-26 16:28:00 -

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 08/26/09 -- BreakingPoint has introduced the latest version of the BreakingPoint Elite testing tool : , including more than 30 new features that significantly expand testing capabilities, trim hours from test configuration and reporting, and accelerate device debugging. The new upgrade is available instantly to current BreakingPoint customers and positions BreakingPoint Elite as the most advanced application, performance and security testing tool available today.



BreakingPoint Elite updated features and functionality include:



BreakingPoint First to Deliver Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6 Testing Capabilities and Support for Current IPv6 Standards


-- BreakingPoint is now the exclusive provider of resiliency testing using current IPv6 traffic to simulate true global network traffic. BreakingPoint has the unique ability to generate blended stateful application traffic mixed with live security attacks at line-rate speeds and high session counts, delivered from the same address space.



-- BreakingPoint IPv6 dual stack testing : is the industry's most comprehensive and up to date IPv6 capable testing, allowing Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs), service providers and application server suppliers to:



- Simulate IPv6 traffic through each BreakingPoint testing component including Client Simulator for load testing IPv6 capable application servers.



- Enhance Layer 4-7 performance with more than 80 blended IPv6 native application protocols.



- Authenticate security with more than 4,200 IPv6 capable security strikes.



- Ensure compliance with the latest IPv6 standards.



- Validate real-world performance by blending IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.



- Reduce time-to-test through importing of IPv6 traffic captures.



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BreakingPoint Adds Pioneering Features for Debugging 10GigE Devices


-- The largest capture history buffer with 8 Gigabytes per blade to reduce the time it takes to debug network equipment and application servers.



-- Advanced filtering of packet captures to capture and report on only the data needed, including:



- Post-processing ability to compress the capture export, even allowing the user to specify start and end frames.



- Berkley Packet Filter (BPF) capability to isolate traffic by IP address, port, protocol and more; the same format used for libpcap.



- Ingress pre-processing filtering parameters based on VLAN ID, Source IP, Destination IP, Source Port and Destination Port.



-- The ability to incorporate data originating from a real network into tests, replaying stateful traffic using the TCP stack, including three-way handshakes and any necessary retransmissions. This includes raw playback of traffic to test for common issues with ARP, RARP, TCP/UDP headers, TCP SYN floods, DDoS, invalid packets and more.



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BreakingPoint Pattern Matching for Full Data Validation of Network Security Devices


-- BreakingPoint regular expression pattern matching validates traffic flows utilizing a user-defined data pattern by comparing that pattern against incoming network traffic.



-- QA and R&D can quickly identify sequence errors and data errors in a network device or application server, including validation that the network equipment is generating the appropriate network traffic.



-- BreakingPoint Elite supports PERL Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE), a standardized way of matching text strings from a larger text base. PCRE allow users to match substrings in data packets, as well as provide the ability to store the matched data for future use.



BreakingPoint Impairment Support for Realistic Wide-Area Network (WAN) Simulation


-- Support for simulating impairments within IP traffic for realistic WAN simulation.



-- Configure impairments within BreakingPoint Elite Network Neighborhood and easily replicate and fine-tune for any device under test (DUT).



BreakingPoint Enhances Test Automation : , Reporting and Layer 2/3 Testing Capabilities


-- More extensive test automation including Attack Plan Iteration that enables security testers to loop security attacks.



-- Numerous Layer 2/3 testing capabilities including UDP and enhanced HTTP support in Session Sender, addressing expansion, stateless TCP in Routing Robot and expanded frame sizes.



-- Extensive reporting enhancements including the ability to customize content to be included in reports, and export in additional formats.



The updated BreakingPoint Elite includes dozens more features and is available instantly for current users.



About BreakingPoint


BreakingPoint's comprehensive application, performance and security testing tools ensure the resiliency of content-aware network devices and application servers. BreakingPoint is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices throughout the world. For more information visit breakingpoint.com and download the latest resources for realistic firewall testing : , IPS testing : , server load balancer testing : and more.
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Kyle Flaherty
BreakingPoint Systems
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