Communications using the common object request broker architecture (CORBA)

A client computing device for implementing a network test, the client computing device comprising:

• a user input device;
• a display device;
• a processor;
• a memory;
• wherein the processor and the memory comprise circuits and software for:
• executing common object request broker architecture (CORBA) client software for communicating, through a network address translation (NAT) device, with a network test system device executing CORBA server software, wherein the network test system device is configured to monitor and capture communications on a network when executing tests provided by the client computing device;
• initiating execution of a network test on the network test system device by:
• receiving, via the user interface, specification of an object available at the network test system device;
• creating a proxy for the object, wherein the proxy is an interface to the object at the network test system device;
• issuing a request conforming to the CORBA protocol to obtain an interoperable object reference (IOR) for the object from the network test system device;
• creating a request interceptor;
• adding via the request interceptor a public IP address of the network test system device as user-defined data in the request;
• transmitting the request including the public IP address of the network test system device from the client to the network test system device;
• receiving the IOR from the network test system device, the IOR including the public IP address from the request;
• establishing a successful connection to the public IP address received in the IOR;
• accessing the object at the network test system device;
• receiving a network test specifying the object available at the network test system device;
• sending the network test specifying the object to the network test system device through the NAT device for execution.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor cause a client computing device to perform actions comprising:

• executing common object request broker architecture (CORBA) client software for communicating, through a network address translation (NAT) device, with a network test system device executing CORBA server software, wherein the network test system device is configured to monitor and capture communications on a network when executing tests provided by the client computing device;
• initiating execution of a network test on the network test system device by:
• specifying, by the client computing device, a remote object available at the network test system device:
• creating, by the client computing device, a proxy for the object, wherein the proxy is a local interface to the remote object at the network test system device:
• issuing, by the client computing device, a request conforming to a CORBA protocol to obtain an interoperable object reference (IOR) for the remote object from the network test system device:
• adding, by a first request interceptor on the client computing device, a public IP address of the network test system device as user-defined data in the request:
• transmitting, by the client computing device, the request including the public IP address of the network test system to the network test system device;
• receiving, by the client computing device, the IOR from the network test system device, the IOR including the public IP address of the network test system device:
• establishing, by the client computing device, a successful connection to the public IP address received in the IOR:
• accessing by the client computing device, the remote object at the network test system device as if the remote object were a local object:
• receiving, by the client computing device, a network test specifying the remote object at the network test system device:
• and
• executing, by the client computing device, the network test including accessing the remote object and communicating with the network test system device through the NAT device.