these partitions are given.
\begin{enumerate}
- \item \emph{Number of packets} in request~\footnote{A request is considered
- establishing a connection (handshake) and a number of payload packets}
+ \item \emph{Number of segments} in request~\footnote{A request is
+ considered establishing a connection (handshake) and a number of
+ payload segments}
\begin{enumerate}
- \item 0 payload packets
- \item 1 payload packet
- \item n=small payload packets
- \item n=big payload packets
+ \item 0 payload segments
+ \item 1 payload segments
+ \item n=small payload segments
+ \item n=big payload segments
\end{enumerate}
\item \emph{source port}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Correct
\item Incorrect
\end{enumerate}
- \item Bits flipped in \emph{payload}
+ \item Bit errors in \emph{payload}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Correct payload
- \item Payload with bit flips
- \item Payload with odd number of bits flipped
+ \item Payload with bit flips that do not show in checksum
+ \item Payload with bit flips that do show in checksum
\end{enumerate}
\item \emph{checksum}
\begin{enumerate}
These partitions were chosen since they correspond to key parts of the TCP
specification.
-TCP segments are send over a TCP connection from a \emph{source} to a \emph{destination port}. Therefore segments which are received which have a
+TCP segments are send over a TCP connection from a \emph{source} to a \emph{destination port}. Therefore segments which are received that have a
source or destination port set to an incorrect value should not be regarded
-as segments belonging to the connection.
+as segments belonging to the connection by the SUT.
TCP uses a \emph{checksum} to catch any error introduced in headers, when this
-checksum does not match the actual computed checksum the packet should be
-disregarded.
+checksum does not match the actual computed checksum the SUT should
+disregard the received segment.
The TCP checksum is also an inherently weak one, as it is simply the
-bitwise negation of the addition in ones complement arithmetic
+bitwise negation of the addition, in ones complement arithmetic,
of all 16 bit words in the header and data of the segment (excluding the
-header). Therefore any bit error where the ones complement value of one word
+checksum itself). Therefore any \emph{bit error} where the ones complement value
+of one word
increases by one, and the value of another decreases by one, is undetected.
The SUT should exhibit the same behavior and accept packets where these type
-of bit error occur.
+of bit errors occur.
+
+TCP guarantees that segments are delivered in order,even when they are received
+\emph{out of order} and that missing segments are resend. The SUT should
+exhibit the same behavior. If segments are received out of order it should
+deliver them in order. Missing segments should be re-requested (by ACK-ing
+the correct sequence number).
-\textbf{hier iets over waarom deze partities relevant zijn! Waarom odd en
-even number of bits flipped bijv interessant?}
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Partitions 2 to 6 are tested using pairwise testing to keep the number of test