简单邮件传输协议的一致性测试研究

Study on Conformance Testing of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Internet协议的一致性测试是保证厂商的Internet产品和服务实现互连和互通的重要技术手段。文章在扼要地介绍简单邮件传输协议SMTP的基础上,理论上分析了SMTP的测试组织、抽象测试方法和测试集的设计,提出了适合于SMTP一致性测试的测试结构和测试描述技术。最后讨论了在协议集成测试系统PITS中SMTP一致性测试的实际应用。

Internet protocol conformance testing is an important means to ensure the complete interconnection among Internet products and services from different vendors.This paper first gives a brief introduction to SMTP protocols and services,then proposes a test structure,an abstract test method and design of SMTP conformance test suite.Finally,this paper discusses an application of protocol integrated test system PITS in the conformance testing of SMTP.