Prototype Expert Protocol Analyzer

该项目由国家科学基金资助。 美国国家科学基金会（NSF）小企业创新研究（SBIR） 该计划旨在为小型企业提供机会， 企业，特别是小型高科技企业， 参与NSF研究。 SBIR计划的第一阶段服务于 作为筛选器，以选择有希望的提案，并确定 公司可以进行高质量的研究。 第二阶段是主要的 研究项目。 第三阶段是转换国家安全基金资助的 商业应用和技术研究 由后续私人风险资本支持的创新， 其他非联邦资金。 这是一个第二阶段的项目，开发一个原型专家， 协议分析器，这是一个专家系统，用于分析 两个不同的实现之间出现的问题， 通信协议。 专家系统工具将包括 协议规范的知识以及 熟练的协议分析师的故障排除专业知识。 的 将开发一个原型工具，用于分析整个国防部 协议栈，并将使用 用于捕获和传输协议现有LAN监视器 LAN上的数据。 专家协议分析器可以与 现有的商用LAN监视器， 监控器的分析能力。 增强的工具可以 用于排除操作上的协议问题 网络，协助安装新协议，以及 测试协议是否符合规范。

This project is funded under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is designed to provide an opportunity for small business, particularly the small high technology firm, to participate in NSF research. Phase I of the SBIR program serves as a filter to select promising proposals and determine if the firm can do high quality research. Phase II is the principal research project. Phase III is the conversion of the NSF-funded research into commercial applications and technological innovation supported by follow-on private venture capital or other non-federal financing. This is a Phase II project to develop a prototype expert protocol analyzer, which is an expert system for analyzing problems arising between two different implementations of a communications protocol. The expert system tool will incorporate knowledge of the protocol specifications as well as troubleshooting expertise of skilled protocol analysts. The prototype tool will be developed to analyze the entire DoD protocol stack running on an Ethernet LAN and will use an existing LAN monitor for capture and transmission of protocol data on the LAN. The expert protocol analyzer could be combined with an existing commercially available LAN monitor to provide additional analytic capabilities for the monitor. The enhanced tool could be used for troubleshooting protocol problems on operational networks, assisting in the installation of new protocols, and testing for protocol conformance to specification.