Title: NTP-DownloadT: a conformance test tool for secured mobile download services

Authors: Cheng-Kuan Hsieh, Jyh-Cheng Chen, Yi-Bing Lin, Kuei-Hui Chen, Hsin-Yu Liao, Ching-Feng Liang

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. ' Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. ' Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. ' Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan. ' Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan. ' Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Abstract: Many mobile data services have been developed. Before commercial launch of a data service, it is required to ensure that the service is implemented securely and correctly on a mobile device. To address this issue, Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has defined test specifications to guarantee the conformance of data services on mobile devices. This paper describes a conformance test tool called NTP-DownloadT for OMA Download services. We discuss OMA Download requirements such as content discovery, authentication, delivery negotiation, content delivery and delivery confirmation. In this paper, we demonstrate how OMA Download test suite can be implemented to realise conformance tests.

Keywords: authentication; conformance testing; HTTP download; security; OMA; open mobile alliance; TTCN-3; data services; mobile services; m-services; content discovery; authentication; delivery negotiation; content delivery; delivery confirmation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2008.020731

International Journal of Security and Networks, 2008 Vol.3 No.4, pp.240 - 249

Published online: 12 Oct 2008 *

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