Carrier-Grade NAT Testing

Optimize and harden carrier-grade NAT with massive-scale real-world application traffic

Carrier-grade network address translation (NAT), also known as large-scale NAT, has become a critical technology for network operators and service providers making the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. Carrier-grade NAT allows service providers to configure private network addresses to be translated to IPv4 addresses, helping mitigate imminent IPv4 address exhaustion while easing the transition to IPv6.

During complex technology transitions like this, what is most important is that customers not experience service interruption or degradation, or be told that their older devices are no longer supported. Yet legacy testing products force carriers to run these risks, because those tools can not create real-world application and malicious traffic.

BreakingPoint Actionable Security Intelligence (ASI) enables carriers and service providers to optimize their carrier-grade NAT infrastructure, helping simplify the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 while maintaining high-performance networking environments. The unmatched scalability and intuitive user interface of every BreakingPoint products enable organizations to set up and run tests that create real-world conditions at massive scale with just a few clicks.

Using BreakingPoint carrier-grade NAT testing solutions you will: 

• Scale and harden large-scale NAT infrastructures by testing the resiliency of devices with up to 120 gigabits per second of application, attack, and malformed traffic.
• Validate device capabilities by re-creating precise traffic mixes chosen from more than 150 communication, enterprise, social, and gaming application protocols—all generated natively in IPv4, IPv6, or both.
• Pinpoint potential vulnerabilities by stressing network and security devices with a choice of more than 30,000 live security attacks and malware, plus obfuscations and evasions.
• Improve capacity planning and optimize IT investments by gaining clear advance insight into the capabilities of infrastructure components under authentic real-world conditions.

Find out three things you must know about carrier-grade NAT testing before getting started.