2017-12-10 version 0.9 1 year ago

This release adds per stream statistics, support for IPv4 options field (as a hex string), command line options and params, UX improvements and several other features and bugfixes

See https://devguide.ostinato.org/ChangeLog.html for full details

2016-06-28 version 0.8 4 years ago

This release adds IPv4/IPv6 device emulation and automatic ARP/NDP resolution for corresponding streams, save/restore sessions, protocol builder for STP and several other features and bugfixes.

See the Changelog on http://ostinato.org for full details

6 years ago

2014-07-07 version 0.6
* 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


2012-08-01 version 0.5.1
* 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)

2011-10-25 version 0.5
* 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

2011-04-19 version 0.4
* 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

2010-11-11 version 0.3

* Added IGMP (all versions v1, v2, v3)
* Added MLD (all versions v1, v2)
* Added HexDump (user specified content)
* Several bugfixes

2010-08-12 version 0.2

* Save/Restore streams to/from disk

2010-06-29 version 0.1.1

* New platforms
o BSD
o Mac OS X
* Protocols
o Added IPv6
o Added IP tunneling (IP-in-IP) - 6over4, 4over6, 6over6, 4over4
o Added Text protocol - useful for HTTP, SIP, NNTP, RTSP etc.
o Added ICMPv6
o Preflight check for truncated frames
* Build Framework
o make install support
o Qt Creator and other IDE support
* Other
o Improved GUI handling in the Port Stats Filter Dialog
* Documentation
o Improved Protocol Builder documentation (class AbstractProtocol)
* Bugfixes
o Invalid TCP/UDP checksums caused by invalid pseudo-IP checksum
o Assert failure when closing Ostinato with the port list expanded
o Crash in Port Stats Filter Dialog while removing selected rows
o Fixes for 64bit compilation and Qt4.6

2010-04-11 version 0.1

* First public release