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Michael Brown
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Constructing exhaustive standalone tests for all TLS structures is time-consuming and of limited value, since there would be no guarantee that the construction logic used in the test case matched the construction logic matched in the real TLS protocol engine. We already exercise each failure path that can be triggered by genuine runtime errors (e.g. malformed received data, or transmit data that is too large to fit within the relevant length field). This leaves untested the other major class of errors: an invalid structure descriptor mapping (e.g. a missing field description) that would render the structure impossible to parse or build. Exercise the parser and builder for every structure type by creating an all-zero descriptor (which is always permitted), sizing and building the empty structure, and then parsing that structure. This ensures that the parser and builder are both satisfied that the descriptor mapping is valid, since the validity of the mapping is independent of the data being built or parsed. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
iPXE network bootloader
iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware. It provides a full PXE implementation enhanced with additional features such as:
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boot from a web server via HTTP or HTTPS,
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boot from an iSCSI, FCoE, or AoE SAN,
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control the boot process with a script,
You can use iPXE to replace the existing PXE ROM on your network card, or you can chainload into iPXE to obtain the features of iPXE without the hassle of reflashing.
iPXE is free, open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL (with some portions under GPL-compatible licences).
You can download the rolling release binaries (built from the latest commit), or use the most recent stable release.
For full documentation, visit the iPXE website.