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Review of first attempt

The worst problem with this system is that it only manages a single virtual machine. This means that the first attempt does not test any automatic keying.

The second worst problem is that it can not perform tests that do not involve replaying packets. For instance, one can not run a invoke a process on the console that sends packets and capture them. That part will work, but since there are no packets to replay, there is no way to know when the test has completed.

The third problem is that once the host-test.tcl program has detached itself into the background, no further console control is possible. This means, in particular, there is no way to gather statistics at the end of the test (such as number of packets that have gone through, or current state of the eroute table). There is in fact, no way to even determine when the test is over.



Michael Richardson
2002-06-26