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diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0bcfac --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/news.rst @@ -0,0 +1,469 @@ +iperf3 Project News +=================== + +2023-09-14: iperf-3.15 released +-------------------------------- +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.15.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``bdb77c11f72bce90214883159577fa24412013e62b2083cf5f54391d79b1d8ff`` + +iperf 3.15 fixes that could cause an iperf3 server process to hang +waiting for input on the control connection. For more information, +please see: + +https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0002.txt.asc + +This version of iperf3 also includes several other minor bug fixes, +which are summarized in the release notes. + +2023-07-07: iperf-3.14 released +-------------------------------- +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.14.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``723fcc430a027bc6952628fa2a3ac77584a1d0bd328275e573fc9b206c155004`` + +iperf 3.14 fixes a memory allocation hazard that allowed a remote user +to crash an iperf3 process (server or client). + +More information on this specific fix can be found at: + +https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc + +This version of iperf3 also includes a number of minor bug fixes, +which are summarized in the release notes. + +2023-02-16: iperf-3.13 released +---------------------------------- +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.13.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``bee427aeb13d6a2ee22073f23261f63712d82befaa83ac8cb4db5da4c2bdc865`` + +iperf 3.13 is primarily a bugfix release. + + +2022-09-30: iperf-3.12 released +---------------------------------- +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.12.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``72034ecfb6a7d6d67e384e19fb6efff3236ca4f7ed4c518d7db649c447e1ffd6`` + +iperf 3.12 is principally a bugfix release, although it includes an +updated version of cJSON and adds a few new features. + + +2022-01-28: iperf-3.11 released +---------------------------------- +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.11.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``de8cb409fad61a0574f4cb07eb19ce1159707403ac2dc01b5d175e91240b7e5f`` + +iperf 3.11 is principally a bugfix release. Also GitHub +Discussions are now supported. + + +2021-06-02: iperf-3.10.1 released +---------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.10.1.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``03bc9760cc54a245191d46bfc8edaf8a4750f0e87abca6764486972044d6715a iperf-3.10.1.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.10.1 fixes a problem with the configure script that made it +make not work correctly in some circumstances. It is functionally +identical to iperf 3.10. + +2021-05-26: iperf-3.10 released +-------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.10.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``4390982928542256c17d6dd1f56eede9092649ebfd8a97c8cecfad12d238ad57 iperf-3.10.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.10 is principally a bugfix release. A few new features have +been added (``--time-skew-threshold``, ``--bind-dev``, +``--rcv-timeout``, and ``--dont-fragment``). More information on +these new features can be found in the release notes. + +2020-08-17: iperf-3.9 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.9.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``24b63a26382325f759f11d421779a937b63ca1bc17c44587d2fcfedab60ac038 iperf-3.9.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.9 adds a ``--timestamps`` flag, which prepends a timestamp to +each output line. A new ``--server-bitrate-limit`` flag has been +added as a server command-line argument, and allows an iperf3 server +to enforce a maximum throughput rate. More information on these new +features can be found in the release notes. + +2020-06-10: iperf-3.8.1 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.8.1.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``e5b080f3273a8a715a4100f13826ac2ca31cc7b1315925631b2ecf64957ded96 iperf-3.8.1.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.8.1 fixes a regression with ``make install`` in iperf 3.8. It +is otherwise identical to iperf 3.8. + +2020-06-08: iperf-3.8 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.8.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``edc1c317b0ae31925e5eb84f0295faefbaa1db3229f4693e11d954d114de4bcd iperf-3.8.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.8 contains minor bugfixes and enhancements. + + +2019-06-21: iperf-3.7 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.7.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``d846040224317caf2f75c843d309a950a7db23f9b44b94688ccbe557d6d1710c iperf-3.7.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.7 adds the ``--bidir`` flag for bidirectional tests, includes +some minor enhancements, and fixes a number of bugs. More details can +be found in the release notes. + +Note: Documentation for the ``--bidir`` flag was inadvertently +omitted from the manual page. This will be fixed in a future +release. + +2018-06-25: iperf-3.6 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.6.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``de5d51e46dc460cc590fb4d44f95e7cad54b74fea1eba7d6ebd6f8887d75946e iperf-3.6.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.6 adds the ``--extra-data`` and ``--repeating-payload`` +options and fixes some minor bugs. + +2018-03-02: iperf-3.5 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.5.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``539bd9ecdca1b8c1157ff85b70ed09b3c75242e69886fc16b54883b399f72cd5 iperf-3.5.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.5 fixes a bug that could over-count data transfers (and hence +measured bitrate). + +2018-02-14: iperf-3.4 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.4.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``71528332d751df85e046d1944d9a0269773cadd6e51840aecdeed30925f79111 iperf-3.4.tar.gz`` + +iperf 3.4 fixes a number of minor bugs and adds a few enhancements. + +2017-10-31: iperf-3.3 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.3.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``6f596271251056bffc11bbb8f17d4244ad9a7d4a317c2459fdbb853ae51284d8 iperf-3.3.tar.gz`` + +New minor release of iperf 3.3, fixing a number of minor bugs. + +2017-06-26: iperf-3.2 released +------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.2.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``f207b36f861485845dbdf09f909c62f3d2222a3cf3d2682095aede8213cd9c1d iperf-3.2.tar.gz`` + +New minor release of iperf 3.2, with new features, bugfixes, and enhancements. + +2017-06-06: iperf3 update, June 2017 +-------------------------------------- + +https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/iperf/master/docs/2017-06-06.txt + + +2017-04-27: iperf3 update, April 2017 +-------------------------------------- + +https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/iperf/master/docs/2017-04-27.txt + + +2017-03-06: iperf-3.1.7 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``a4ef73406fe92250602b8da2ae89ec53211f805df97a1d1d629db5a14043734f iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz`` + +This version of iperf3 contains two documentation fixes, but is +otherwise identical to the prior release. + + +2017-02-02: iperf-3.1.6 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.6.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``70f0c72d9e60c6ecb2c478ed17e4fd81d3b827d57896fee43bcd0c53abccb29d iperf-3.1.6.tar.gz`` + +This version of iperf3 contains two minor fixes. Notably, one of them +unbreaks JSON output with UDP tests. + + +2017-01-12: iperf-3.1.5 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.5.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``6e1a6200cd38baeab58ef0d7b8769e7aa6410c3a3168e65ea8277a4de79e5500 iperf-3.1.5.tar.gz`` + +This version of iperf3 makes some improvements to the fair-queue-based +pacing and improves the selection of the default UDP packet size. +Users who use either of these aspects of iperf3 are encourage to +review the release notes for this version. + + +2016-10-31: iperf-3.1.4 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.4.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``db61d70ac62003ebe0bf15496bd8c4b3c4b728578a44d0a1a88fcf8afc0e8f76 iperf-3.1.4.tar.gz`` + +This release fixes a few minor bugs, including a +(non-security-impacting) buffer overflow fix ported from upstream +cjson. + + +2016-06-08: Security Issue: iperf-3.1.3, iperf-3.0.12 released +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.3.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``60d8db69b1d74a64d78566c2317c373a85fef691b8d277737ee5d29f448595bf iperf-3.1.3.tar.gz`` + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.12.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``9393d646e4e616f0cd7864bc8ceacc379f5d36b08003a3d8d65cd7c99d15daec iperf-3.0.12.tar.gz`` + +These releases address a security issue that could cause a crash of an +iperf3 process (it could theoretically lead to a remote code +execution). Although the risk for common use cases is believed to be +low, all users are encouraged to update to these versions or newer as +soon as possible. More information on the security vulnerability can +be found in the following ESnet Software Security Advisory: + +https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/security/master/cve-2016-4303/esnet-secadv-2016-0001.txt.asc + +iperf-3.1.3 also includes support for fair-queueing, per-socket based +pacing of tests on platforms that support it (currently recent Linux +distributions), as well as several other fixes. + + +2016-02-01: iperf-3.1.2 released +--------------------------------- + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.2.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``f9dbdb99f869c077d14bc1de78675f5e4b8d1bf78dc92381e96c3eb5b1fd7d86 iperf-3.1.2.tar.gz`` + +This release fixes a couple of minor bugs, including one that results +in invalid JSON being emitted for UDP tests. + +Older News +---------- + +2015-11-19: iperf-3.1.1 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.1.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``62f7c64eafe19046ba974b3ef2d962a5597194d6fbbddde328a15a5e74110564 iperf-3.1.1.tar.gz`` + +This release fixes a few minor bugs. + +2015-10-16: iperf3 Development Status +...................................... + +Beginning with the release of iperf 3.1, ESnet plans to support iperf3 +in "maintenance mode". At this point, we have no definite plans for +further iperf3 releases, and ESnet will be providing a very limited +amount of resources for support and development, going forward. +However, ESnet could issue new iperf3 releases to deal with security +issues or high-impact bug fixes. + +Requests for support, enhancements, and questions should best be +directed to the iperf-dev mailing list. ESnet would be open to adding +project members/committers from the community, in case there are +developers who are interested in doing more active work with iperf3 +and/or supporting the user base. + + +2015-10-16: iperf-3.1 released +............................... + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``4385a32ece25cb09d4606b4c99316356b3d2cb03b318aa056b99cdb91c5ce656 iperf-3.1.tar.gz`` + +This release adds support for SCTP on supported platforms, better +feature detection on FreeBSD, better compatibility with various +platforms, and a number of bug fixes. + + +2015-01-09: iperf-3.0.11 released +.................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``e01db5be6f47f67c987463095fe4f5b8b9ff891fb92c39104d042ad8fde97f6e iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release adds a -1 flag to make the iperf3 execute a +single test and exit, needed for an upcoming bwctl release. A few +other bugs are also fixed. + +2014-12-16: iperf-3.0.10 released +.................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``a113442967cf0981b0b2d538be7c88903b2fb0f87b0d281384e41b462e33059d iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release fixes building on MacOS X Yosemite, as well +as making the -w option work correctly with UDP tests. + +2014-10-14: iperf-3.0.9 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``40249a2b30d26b937350b969bcb19f88e1beb356f886ed31422b554bac692459 iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release fixes an issue for a situation in which +attempting a UDP test with pathologically large (and illegal) packet +sizes could put the iperf3 server in a state where it would stop +accepting connections from clients, thus causing the clients to crash +when interrupted. + + +2014-09-30: iperf-3.0.8 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``81b8d91159862896c57f9b90a006e8b5dc22bd94175d97bd0db50b0ae2c1a78e iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release is functionally identical to 3.0.7. It +incorporates updated license verbage and a minor compilation fix. + + +2014-08-28: iperf-3.0.7 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``49510e886f9e876cd73dcd80414bfb8c49b147c82125585e09c2a6e92369d3f2 iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release fixes several minor bugs. Of particular +note: + +* A bug that caused some problems with bwctl / perfSONAR has been + fixed. + +* A bug that made it possible to disrupt existing, running tests has + been fixed. + +2014-07-28: iperf-3.0.6 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``3c5909c9b286b6503ffa141a94cfc588915d6e67f2aa732b08df0af73e21938 iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz`` + +This maintenance release includes the following bug fixes: + +* Several problems with the -B option have been fixed. Also, API + calls have been added to libiperf to extend this functionality to + API clients. + +* Some portability fixes for OpenBSD and Solaris have been merged from + the mainline. + +As always, more details can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` file in +the source distribution. + +2014-06-16: Project documentation on GitHub Pages +.................................................. + +iperf3 project documentation can now be found at: + +| URL: http://software.es.net/iperf/ + +This is a GitHub Pages site. In an ongoing series of steps, content +will be migrated from the iperf3 wiki to GitHub Pages. + +2014-06-16: iperf-3.0.5 released +................................. + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``e1e1989985b17a4c03b0fa207004ad164b137e37ab0682fecbf5e93bcaa920a6 iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz`` + +This is the third maintenance release of iperf 3, with few more +enhancements and bug fixes. Highlights: + +* A timing issue which caused measurement intervals to be wrong with + TCP tests on lossy networks has been fixed. + +* It is now possible to get (most of) the server-side output at + the client by using the ``--get-server-output`` flag. + +* A number of bugs with ``--json`` output have been fixed. + +A more extensive list of changes can always be found in the +``RELNOTES.md`` file in the source distribution. + +Note: An iperf-3.0.4 release was planned and tagged, but not +officially released. + +2014-06-10: New iperf3 download site +..................................... + +iperf3 downloads are now hosted on a new server at ESnet: + +| URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/ + +Going forward, new releases will be made available in this directory. +Older releases will, at least for now, continue to also be available +at the previous location. + +2014-03-26: iperf-3.0.3 released +................................. + +| URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``79daf3e5e5c933b2fc4843d6d21c98d741fe39b33ac05bd7a11c50d321a2f59d iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz`` + +This is the second maintenance release of iperf 3.0, containing a few bug fixes and enhancements, notably: + +* The structure of the JSON output is more consistent between the + cases of one stream and multiple streams. + +* The example programs once again build correctly. + +* A possible buffer overflow related to error output has been fixed. + (This is not believed to be exploitable.) + +More information on changes can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` +file in the source distribution. + +2014-03-10: iperf-3.0.2 released +................................. + +| URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``3c379360bf40e6ac91dfc508cb43fefafb4739c651d9a8d905a30ec99095b282 iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz`` + +**Note:** Due to a mistake in the release process, the distribution tarball referred to above is actually not compressed, despite its ``.tar.gz`` extension. Instead it is an uncompressed tar archive. The file checksum is correct, as are the file contents. + +This version is a maintenance release that +fixes a number of bugs, many reported by users, adds a few minor +enhancements, and tracks the migration of the iperf3 project to +GitHub. Of particular interest: + +* Build / runtime fixes for CentOS 5, MacOS 10.9, and FreeBSD. + +* TCP snd_cwnd output on Linux in the default output format. + +* libiperf is now built as both a shared and static library; by + default, the iperf3 binary links to the shared library. + +More information on changes can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` +file in the source distribution. + +2014-02-28: iperf migrated to GitHub +..................................... + +The new project page can be found at: + +https://github.com/esnet/iperf + +2014-01-10: iperf-3.0.1 released +................................. + +| URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz +| SHA256: ``32b419ef634dd7670328c3cecc158babf7d706bd4b3d248cf95965528a20e614 iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz`` + +During development, there were various distributions of the source +code unofficially released carrying a 3.0.0 version number. Because +of the possibility for confusion, this first public release of iperf3 +was numbered 3.0.1. |