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Networking (general) Test Plan

Abstract:
This document provides general network functional testing. The test area covers essential networking functions, and can be considered a "smoketest" of networking functionality.Full functional testing should be done on a per-protocol basis.

This document is written for testing mozilla-based products, but has been structured so other browsers can be easily tested.
Results can be summarized in the results template.

Overview:
The majority of the tests are link-clicks. The results include numerous dialog boxes, so automation is not possible.

Previously, tests and results were integrated. As of Mozilla 1.3b, test results can be recorded in a template, to provide better summarization.

RFC-based schemes

Scheme Description Expected Behavior:
mailto: mailto: Mozilla: MailNews module should open
Phoenix/Chimera/Mozilla:browser-only): default OS mailer should launch
gopher: gopher server
 gopher page appears in HTML view
telnet: telnet://hostname launch default OS TELNET application
wais: wais://something.com/searching?forthis Error: "wais is not a registered protocol"
data: data: URL page that says: "A brief note"
other invalid:// Error: "invalid is not a registered protocol"

Commonly supported schemes

aim: Send IM (default) launch default OS Instant Messaging application
javascript: javascript:alert("pass") Display alert dialog "pass"

Mozilla-only schemes

about: about:
 about: page about:blank
chrome: chrome://navigator/content/navigator.xul Display Navigator window in window
keyword:
 keyword:mozilla
keyword:open source
 Display search results from keyword server
resource: resource:/// Display application directory
view-source:
 view-source:about:blank
 Displays: 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head><title></title></head><body></body></html>
The non-links must be pasted into URL bar.

 
DNS

DNS hostnames starts with numbers
 Should work
FQDN max length
 maximum label size: 63 characters Should work
Non-existent host/domain
 nonexistent FQDN Error: "hostname not found"
multiple DNS records multiple DNS records various connection failures should cause connection attempts to alternate addresses
non-responsive DNS server
 (configure client to use unavailable DNS server)
 DNS request timeout -or- DNS server unavailable
"localhost"
http://localhost/ /etc/hosts and/or DNS should resolve to 127.0.0.1

 IP addressing, ports and sockets

dotted quad
 mozilla.org's IP address mozilla.org
single int
 http://3486011863 mozilla.org - using illegal syntax
incomplete quads
 http://127.1/ loopback - using illegal syntax
limited broadcast
 http://255.255.255.255/ TCP connections cannot be made to non-unicast addresses
blocked port
 localhost, blocked port
 Error: "port blocked for security reasons"
unused port
 localhost: unused port Error: "connection refused"
connection establishment timeout
 currently unused address
Error: "timeout"

Relative URLs
 Use Roy Fielding's test page need comparison chart

Suggestions, questions, feedback, bug 141758

To Do:
Needs more consideration for testing w/ non-standard installs (browser-only, non Mozilla trunk products, etc.)

Last update:
02.18.03 - updated for Mozilla 1.3b