Advanced TLS Testing Customisation - crt26/pqc-evaluation-tools GitHub Wiki

The TLS performance testing script supports several configuration options that allow the benchmarking process to be tailored to specific environments. These options are beneficial when operating in restricted networks, virtualised environments, or when precise control over test behaviour is required.

Supported customisation features include:

• TCP port configuration
• Control Signal Behaviour
• Disabling Automatic Result Parsing

If the default TCP ports are incompatible with the testing environment, custom ports can be specified at runtime using the following flags. Port values must fall within the range 1024–65535.

When using custom TCP ports, please ensure the same values are provided to both the server and client instances. Otherwise, the testing will fail.

By default, the tool uses a 0.25 second delay when sending control signals between the server and client instances. This is to avoid timing issues during the control signal exchange, which can cause testing to fail.

If the default delay is unsuitable for your environment, you can either set a custom delay or disable it entirely:

Please note that the --control-sleep-time flag cannot be used with the --disable-control-sleep flag.

The performance testing script triggers automatic result parsing upon test completion. This behaviour can be disabled by passing the following flag at runtime:

./pqc_tls_performance_test.sh --disable-result-parsing

Disabling automatic parsing may be appropriate in scenarios such as:

• Collecting raw outputs for batch processing at a later stage

• Running tests in low-resource environments