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ICMPv4 Test Suite Data Sheet
Test Suite:
ICMPv4 Test Suite
Direction:
Server

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) specifies a set of control messages for IPv4. The ICMPv4 Test Suite can be used for evaluating IPv4 implementations for security flaws and robustness problems in ICMPv4.

Used specifications

Specification
Title
Notes
EDSA-404
ISA Security Compliance Institute - Embedded Device Security Assurance - Testing the robustness of implementations of the IETF ICMPv4 network protocol - Version 1.3
RFC792
Internet Control Message Protocol
Updates RFC760, RFC777
RFC950
Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
RFC1122
Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers
Updated by RFC1349, RFC4379
RFC1191
Path MTU Discovery
Obsoletes RFC1063
RFC1256
ICMP Router Discovery Messages
RFC1393
Traceroute Using an IP Option
RFC1475
TP/IX: The Next Internet
RFC1788
ICMP Domain Name Messages
RFC1812
Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Obsoletes RFC1009, RFC1716
RFC2521
ICMP Security Failures Messages
RFC4727
Experimental Values in IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, UDP, and TCP Headers
Anomaly only
RFC4884
Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messages
Updates RFC792, RFC4443
RFC4950
ICMP Extensions for Multiprotocol Label Switching
RFC5837
Extending ICMP for Interface and Next-Hop Identification
RFC8335
ROBE: A Utility for Probing Interfaces
RFC8883
ICMPv6 Errors for Discarding Packets Due to Processing Limits

Tool-specific information

Tested ICMPv4 Messages
Specifications
Notes
0 - Echo Reply
RFC792
ICMP Echo Reply message.
3 - Destination Unreachable
RFC792, RFC1108, RFC1122, RFC1191, RFC1812, RFC4884
ICMP Destination Unreachable message.
4 - Source Quench
RFC792
ICMP Source Quench message.
5 - Redirect
RFC792
ICMP Redirect message.
8 - Echo
RFC792
ICMP Echo Request message.
9 - Router Advertisement
RFC1256
ICMP Router Advertisement message.
10 - Router Solicitation
RFC1256
ICMP Router Solicitation message.
11 - Time Exceeded
RFC792, RFC4884
ICMP Time Exceeded message.
12 - Parameter Problem
RFC792, RFC1108, RFC4883
ICMP Parameter Problem message.
13 - Timestamp
RFC792
ICMP Timestamp Request message.
14 - Timestamp Reply
RFC792
ICMP Timestamp Reply message.
15 - Information Request
RFC792
ICMP Information Request message.
16 - Information Reply
RFC792
ICMP Information Reply message.
17 - Address Mask Request
RFC950
ICMP Address Mask Request message.
18 - Address Mask Reply
RFC950
ICMP Address Mask Reply message.
30 - Traceroute
RFC1393
ICMP Traceroute message.
31 - Datagram Conversion Error
RFC1475
ICMP Datagram Conversion Error message.
37 - Domain Name Request
RFC1788
ICMP Domain Name Request message.
38 - Domain Name Reply
RFC1788
ICMP Domain Name Reply message.
40 - Security Failures (Photuris)
RFC2521
ICMP Security Failures message.
42 - Extended Echo Request
RFC8335
ICMP Extended Echo Request message.
43 - Extended Echo Reply
RFC8335
ICMP Extended Echo Reply message.
253 - RFC3692-style Experiment 1
RFC4727
ICMP Experimental message.
254 - RFC3692-style Experiment 2
RFC4727
ICMP Experimental message.

Supported features
Specifications
Notes
VLAN tags
IEEE 802.1Q
Ethernet VLAN tags with outgoing ICMPv4 messages.
ARP to acquire the target MAC address
RFC791
Optionally resolve target address using the ARP protocol.
Send fragmented IPv4 packets
RFC791
Suite does automatically fragment outgoing large IPv4 packets.

Unsupported features
Specifications
Notes
Receiving fragmented IPv4 packets
RFC791
Suite doesn't support receiving ICMPv4 messages fragmented over multiple IPv4 packets.
IP options copied in fragments
RFC791
Suite doesn't support copy flag in IP option parameters when fragmenting IPv4 packets.
Test tool general features
  • Fully automated black-box negative testing
  • Ready-made test cases
  • Written in Java(tm)
  • GUI command line remote interface modes
  • Instrumentation (health-check) capability
  • Support and maintenance
  • Comprehensive user documentation
  • Results reporting and analysis