What's new in Ostinato 0.6
Jul 8, 2014
- Rearchitected/refactored the protocol builder framework to remove GUI dependency from Drone
- Added Python bindings for scripting support
- Multiple clients can now simultaneously connect to the same Drone instance ( issue 22 )
- Clients now need to check for version compatibility with Drone at startup
- Bugfixes:
- Issue 107 - IGMPv3/MLDv2 Query missing Group Address Field
- Start/Stop Transmit/Capture RPCs should return only after the invoked operation is complete
- Port names in the port stats window are incorrect
New in Ostinato 0.5.1 (Aug 2, 2012)
- Link state and improved statistics support for Linux, BSD and Mac OSX
- Bugfixes:
- Fixed long inter-packet delay bug in interleaved mode due to which stream transmission could not be stopped ( Issue 60 , Issue 72 , Issue 74 )
- Fixed long inter-packet delay on some Win32 platforms ( Issue 66 )
- Fixed crash at init when pcap wasn't able to open an interface ( Issue 64 )
- Fixed incorrect TCP checksum when it is overridden ( Issue 58 )
New in Ostinato 0.5 (Oct 26, 2011)
- Improved maximum traffic generation rates (pps); Linux - upto 25x; Windows - upto 60x
- Reduced time taken to "apply" changes to stream(s)
- Added support for "Pkts/Sec" and "Bytes/Sec" rate stats on Linux
- Added support for transmit rates less than 1 pps
- Added support for nanosecond resolution while calculating inter-packet gaps
- Added support for average/aggregate port rate
- Added a new "Interleaved Streams" transmission mode
- Integrated newer version of QHexEdit widget - HexDump protocol edit now supports copy-paste and undo-redo
- Major bugfix: (Windows Only) Tx Pkts were looped back to Rx on same port
New in Ostinato 0.4.1 (May 13, 2011)
- Bugfixes:
- Fixed "Save As PCAP" for Linux distros where file was being saved in Ostinato format rather than PCAP
- Fixed compilation problem with protobuf 2.4.0 and above
New in Ostinato 0.4 (Apr 21, 2011)
- PCAP/PDML file import/export
- Jumbo Frames support upto 16K (needs Hardware support)
- Auto-reconnect for portgroups
- Usability enhancements
- Bugfixes:
- Fixed drone crash when NIC doesn't support promiscuous mode
- Fixed ostinato crash when opening a file saved by a newer version
- Others
New in Ostinato 0.3 (Nov 12, 2010)
- Added IGMP (all versions v1, v2, v3)
- Added MLD (all versions v1, v2)
- Added HexDump (user specified content)
- Several bugfixes
New in Ostinato 0.2 (Aug 14, 2010)
- Save/Restore streams to/from disk
New in Ostinato 0.1.1 (Jul 6, 2010)
- New platforms:
- BSD
- Mac OS X
- Protocols:
- Added IPv6
- Added IP tunneling (IP-in-IP) - 6over4, 4over6, 6over6, 4over4
- Added Text protocol - useful for HTTP, SIP, NNTP, RTSP etc.
- Added ICMPv6
- Preflight check for truncated frames
- Build Framework:
- make install support
- Qt Creator and other IDE support
- Other:
- Improved GUI handling in the Port Stats Filter Dialog
- Documentation:
- Improved Protocol Builder documentation (class AbstractProtocol)
- Bugfixes:
- Invalid TCP/UDP checksums caused by invalid pseudo-IP checksum
- Assert failure when closing Ostinato with the port list expanded
- Crash in Port Stats Filter Dialog while removing selected rows
- Fixes for 64bit compilation and Qt4.6