JZUS - Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE

Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 2008 Vol.9 No.10 P.1398-1405

http://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A0720130

A recoverable stress testing algorithm for compression and encryption cards

Author(s): Bao-jun ZHANG, Xue-zeng PAN, Jie-bing WANG, Ling-di PING
Affiliation(s): Network and Security Lab, School of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Corresponding email(s): zbjhover@zju.edu.cn
Key Words: Stress testing, Random sequence, Chaos function, Synchronization, Concurrency

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Abstract: This study proposes a recoverable stress testing algorithm (RSTA) for such special devices as compression/decompression card and encryption/decryption card. It uses a chaos function to generate a random sequence, and then, according to the random sequence, generates an effective command sequence. The dispatch of command obeys a special schedule strategy we designed for such devices, i.e., the commands are sent according to the command sequence, and the complete commands are put in a buffer for further result check. RSTA is used to test the HIFN compression acceleration card SAICHI-1000. Test results show that RSTA can make the card work continuously and adequately.

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