SSL Performance Testing

Validate the performance and security of SSL devices and systems

Highly dynamic networks, particularly those used by retailers, financial services, and logistics organizations, are being put under enormous performance pressures, as the complexity of applications, services, and user behavior increases in-step with traffic load and scale. Add onto this challenge that the networks must transmit increasingly sensitive infromation, and it become critical to properly test both the performance and the security of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)  transactions. SSL capabilities has become an important criteria in validating the performance of a wide range of network equipment including web application servers, application-aware firewalls, application delivery controllers, deep-packet inspection and security devices. Each device will work radically different under your unique network traffic conditions and SSL throughput demands, and this is what is necessary when considering testing both SSL performance and security.  

BreakingPoint Actionable Security Intelligence (ASI) solutions enable you to assess and optimize networks that rely on SSL processing, while using real-world application traffic and user load.  BreakingPoint allows you to place any TCP protocol inside SSL with ease, dramatically improving SSL test effectiveness while reducing time-to-test, and helping you ensure your SSL delivery infrastructure quickly and accurately before deployment.

With BreakingPoint ASI solutions for SSL testing, you can:

  • Understand throughput, connection rate, and concurrent session capacity for any SSL transaction
  • Simulate more than 90 TCP-based protocols in SSL to validate the performance, security, and stability of SSL devices
  • Assess the production readiness of SSL equipment to handle peak real-world loads, using SSL bulk encryption at up to 25 Gbps
  • Validate your infrastructure’s ability to intercept, decrypt, process, and re-encrypt data with minimal latency or dropped connections
  • Find vulnerabilities that leave networks susceptible to exploits, malware, and denial of service (DoS) events
  • Take SSL testing further by creating “needle in a haystack” scenarios to validate data loss prevention (DLP) equipment

To learn more about BreakingPoint ASI solutions and SSL testing register now for a product demo.