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UNH Interoperability Lab Develops Wireless Performance Testing for IoT Devices

April 1, 2025

DURHAM, N.H., April 1, 2025 -- The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, has announced the expansion of its Wi-Fi services to include Internet of Things (IoT) test plans. The Wi-Fi IoT test plan assesses how devices operate in environments resembling real-world conditions. Consequently, the test cases in this plan offer valuable insights into device performance for users.

While general Wi-Fi certification testing is...

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SIP Forum’s SIPit 33 Slated for December 13–17, 2021 - Advancing STIR/SHAKEN Tops Agenda

October 7, 2021

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The SIP Forum is proud to announce that its next SIP Interoperability Testing Event, SIPit 33, has been scheduled the week of December 13-17, 2021.

Organized by the SIP Forum, the SIPit events are the world’s premier interoperability testing events for SIP, bringing together leading SIP application developers, service providers and IP communications equipment manufacturers to ensure their SIP implementations work seamlessly together in an IP network testing environment.

The...

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USGv6 Revision Aids Adoption of IPv6-only Networks, Harmonises Testing Programs

April 7, 2020

There have been a lot of changes to the IPv6 space since the original NIST USGv6 profile was released back in 2008. The goal of the profile, says Michayla Newcombe, associate director at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), was to aid the US government in the macro adoption of IPv6.

Adoption would assist the government in IT modernisation efforts, reduce complexity in networks, increase security and accommodate future expansion. Since 2008, the percentage...

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UNH-IOL Ramps Up Testing to Meet Requirements of Newly Published USGv6 Profile Revision

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March 16, 2020

DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced its offering for expanded testing capabilities that meet the requirements outlined in the newly released update to the USGv6 profile. The revision of the profile delineates proof of compliance to IPv6 specifications outlined in current industry standards for common network products. Users of the current version of USGv6 are allotted a two-year window before...

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Next Generation Firewall Testing Using Open Standards

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June 4, 2019

Organizations are faced with complex decisions when evaluating what products will improve network security. There are many factors that go into this type of decision of what products will improve the security of a network. Next-generation firewalls are a critical piece of network security, so they need to be carefully evaluated when purchasing. A next-generation firewall defines the latest evolution in firewalls that take traditional firewall function of packet filtering, network and port translations and stateful inspections adding additional filtering,...

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How Open Testing Standards Can Improve Security

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May 14, 2019

When creating security metrics, it's critical that test methodologies cover multiple scenarios to ensure that devices perform as expected in all environments.

Networks are a complex collection of components defined by many different standards. These standards help solve network problems ranging from security to performance and usability.

An open standard is a publicly available standard that can be consumed in a variety of ways for deploying a secure solution for a network. Readers of open security...

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Open Security Tests Gain Momentum With More Lab Partners

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May 9, 2019

Open security testing received a boost with the announcement last week that the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) would become the first university-based testing facility to work with NetSecOPEN, a vendor-based organization that aims to create an open framework for testing next-generation firewall products.

With few exceptions, security testing has been a closed affair — a situation that has often been a sore point for both vendors and security-equipment consumers. Over the past five years, businesses have...

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The UNH-IOL Introduces Testing to Support Newly Launched NetSecOPEN Certification Program

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April 23, 2019

DURHAM, N.H., April 23, 2019 – The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced its collaborative efforts with NetSecOPEN, a nonprofit, membership-based industry group focused on network security, to provide performance testing for the NetSecOPEN Certification Program . Unlike proprietary testing methods, NetSecOPEN aims to create open and transparent testing standards that help network operators better understand the reported performance and security of...

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What’s New in the Latest USGv6 Profile Update

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February 21, 2019

In 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the initial IPv6 profile that launched the subsequent U.S Government (USGv6) test program. The USGv6 test program was referenced in Federal Acquisition Regulations for purchasing of IT equipment. The first major revision of the profile was recently released that updates the original profile.

In the 10 years between the profile releases, many advances have been made in areas of networking, particularly with IPv6. Presented here are some of...

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Valid8 teams with The UNH InterOperability Lab to Expand IPv6 Testing over a 4G Network

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January 15, 2019

Woburn, MA, and Durham, NH, (January 15, 2019) -- Valid8, a leading provider of performance, conformance and load testing for LTE/5G, 4G, 3G, IMS, VoIP and PSTN telecommunication networks and devices, today announced a collaboration with the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance solutions for the networking industry, to test IPv6 requirements over a simulated mobile network (4G).

The new collaboration allows customers of the UNH-IOL to use the...

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