KLA-PTNGF - Next Generation Firewall Performance Testing

DURATION
2 days

LEVEL
Advanced

OBJECTIVES
This training course aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge to perform in depth testing on all Next Generation Firewall devices, analyzing network and application throughput with in clear text and encrypted traffic. The lab activities implement real testing environment with application traffic generators and Next Generation Firewalls under test, to practice and be able to troubleshoot the system.

PREREQUISITES
Good knowledge about TCP/IP stack and Security protocols.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Technical people involved in network operation, assurance and technical support.

TOPICS
Firewall Performance Testing IETF Standards
IETF RFC 2647: Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance
IETF RFC 3511: Benchmarking Methodology for Firewall Performance
Building Testing Environment
Security Performance Test
DOS Handling Test
Illegal Traffic Handling Test
IP Fragmentation Test
IP Throughput Test
Latency Test
Connection Rate Test
Connection Capacity Test
HTTP Transaction Rate Test
HTTP Transfer Rate Test
IP Throughput over IPSec Tunnels Test