Benchmarking Methodology for Network Security Device Performance
draft-ietf-bmwg-ngfw-performance-04
Benchmarking Methodology Working Group B. Balarajah
Internet-Draft
Intended status: Informational C. Rossenhoevel
Expires: March 13, 2021 EANTC AG
B. Monkman
NetSecOPEN
September 9, 2020
Benchmarking Methodology for Network Security Device Performance
draft-ietf-bmwg-ngfw-performance-04
Abstract
This document provides benchmarking terminology and methodology for
next-generation network security devices including next-generation
firewalls (NGFW), intrusion detection and prevention solutions (IDS/
IPS) and unified threat management (UTM) implementations. This
document aims to strongly improve the applicability, reproducibility,
and transparency of benchmarks and to align the test methodology with
today's increasingly complex layer 7 application use cases. The main
areas covered in this document are test terminology, traffic profiles
and benchmarking methodology for NGFWs to start with.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Testbed Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. DUT/SUT Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3. Test Equipment Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3.1. Client Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3.2. Backend Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3.3. Traffic Flow Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3.4. Traffic Load Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5. Test Bed Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.1. Key Performance Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7. Benchmarking Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.1. Throughput Performance With NetSecOPEN Traffic Mix . . . 18
7.1.1. Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.1.2. Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.1.3. Test Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.1.4. Test Procedures and Expected Results . . . . . . . . 20
7.2. TCP/HTTP Connections Per Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.2.1. Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.2.2. Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.2.3. Test Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.2.4. Test Procedures and Expected Results . . . . . . . . 23
7.3. HTTP Throughput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3.1. Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3.2. Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.3.3. Test Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3.4. Test Procedures and Expected Results . . . . . . . . 27
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