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1: iperf3 Project News 2: =================== 3: 4: 2023-07-07: iperf-3.14 released 5: -------------------------------- 6: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.14.tar.gz 7: | SHA256: ``723fcc430a027bc6952628fa2a3ac77584a1d0bd328275e573fc9b206c155004`` 8: 9: iperf 3.14 fixes a memory allocation hazard that allowed a remote user 10: to crash an iperf3 process (server or client). 11: 12: More information on this specific fix can be found at: 13: 14: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc 15: 16: This version of iperf3 also includes a number of minor bug fixes, 17: which are summarized in the release notes. 18: 19: 2023-02-16: iperf-3.13 released 20: ---------------------------------- 21: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.13.tar.gz 22: | SHA256: ``bee427aeb13d6a2ee22073f23261f63712d82befaa83ac8cb4db5da4c2bdc865`` 23: 24: iperf 3.13 is primarily a bugfix release. 25: 26: 27: 2022-09-30: iperf-3.12 released 28: ---------------------------------- 29: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.12.tar.gz 30: | SHA256: ``72034ecfb6a7d6d67e384e19fb6efff3236ca4f7ed4c518d7db649c447e1ffd6`` 31: 32: iperf 3.12 is principally a bugfix release, although it includes an 33: updated version of cJSON and adds a few new features. 34: 35: 36: 2022-01-28: iperf-3.11 released 37: ---------------------------------- 38: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.11.tar.gz 39: | SHA256: ``de8cb409fad61a0574f4cb07eb19ce1159707403ac2dc01b5d175e91240b7e5f`` 40: 41: iperf 3.11 is principally a bugfix release. Also GitHub 42: Discussions are now supported. 43: 44: 45: 2021-06-02: iperf-3.10.1 released 46: ---------------------------------- 47: 48: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.10.1.tar.gz 49: | SHA256: ``03bc9760cc54a245191d46bfc8edaf8a4750f0e87abca6764486972044d6715a iperf-3.10.1.tar.gz`` 50: 51: iperf 3.10.1 fixes a problem with the configure script that made it 52: make not work correctly in some circumstances. It is functionally 53: identical to iperf 3.10. 54: 55: 2021-05-26: iperf-3.10 released 56: -------------------------------- 57: 58: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.10.tar.gz 59: | SHA256: ``4390982928542256c17d6dd1f56eede9092649ebfd8a97c8cecfad12d238ad57 iperf-3.10.tar.gz`` 60: 61: iperf 3.10 is principally a bugfix release. A few new features have 62: been added (``--time-skew-threshold``, ``--bind-dev``, 63: ``--rcv-timeout``, and ``--dont-fragment``). More information on 64: these new features can be found in the release notes. 65: 66: 2020-08-17: iperf-3.9 released 67: --------------------------------- 68: 69: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.9.tar.gz 70: | SHA256: ``24b63a26382325f759f11d421779a937b63ca1bc17c44587d2fcfedab60ac038 iperf-3.9.tar.gz`` 71: 72: iperf 3.9 adds a ``--timestamps`` flag, which prepends a timestamp to 73: each output line. A new ``--server-bitrate-limit`` flag has been 74: added as a server command-line argument, and allows an iperf3 server 75: to enforce a maximum throughput rate. More information on these new 76: features can be found in the release notes. 77: 78: 2020-06-10: iperf-3.8.1 released 79: --------------------------------- 80: 81: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.8.1.tar.gz 82: | SHA256: ``e5b080f3273a8a715a4100f13826ac2ca31cc7b1315925631b2ecf64957ded96 iperf-3.8.1.tar.gz`` 83: 84: iperf 3.8.1 fixes a regression with ``make install`` in iperf 3.8. It 85: is otherwise identical to iperf 3.8. 86: 87: 2020-06-08: iperf-3.8 released 88: ------------------------------- 89: 90: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.8.tar.gz 91: | SHA256: ``edc1c317b0ae31925e5eb84f0295faefbaa1db3229f4693e11d954d114de4bcd iperf-3.8.tar.gz`` 92: 93: iperf 3.8 contains minor bugfixes and enhancements. 94: 95: 96: 2019-06-21: iperf-3.7 released 97: ------------------------------- 98: 99: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.7.tar.gz 100: | SHA256: ``d846040224317caf2f75c843d309a950a7db23f9b44b94688ccbe557d6d1710c iperf-3.7.tar.gz`` 101: 102: iperf 3.7 adds the ``--bidir`` flag for bidirectional tests, includes 103: some minor enhancements, and fixes a number of bugs. More details can 104: be found in the release notes. 105: 106: Note: Documentation for the ``--bidir`` flag was inadvertently 107: omitted from the manual page. This will be fixed in a future 108: release. 109: 110: 2018-06-25: iperf-3.6 released 111: ------------------------------- 112: 113: | URL: https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.6.tar.gz 114: | SHA256: ``de5d51e46dc460cc590fb4d44f95e7cad54b74fea1eba7d6ebd6f8887d75946e iperf-3.6.tar.gz`` 115: 116: iperf 3.6 adds the ``--extra-data`` and ``--repeating-payload`` 117: options and fixes some minor bugs. 118: 119: 2018-03-02: iperf-3.5 released 120: ------------------------------- 121: 122: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.5.tar.gz 123: | SHA256: ``539bd9ecdca1b8c1157ff85b70ed09b3c75242e69886fc16b54883b399f72cd5 iperf-3.5.tar.gz`` 124: 125: iperf 3.5 fixes a bug that could over-count data transfers (and hence 126: measured bitrate). 127: 128: 2018-02-14: iperf-3.4 released 129: ------------------------------- 130: 131: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.4.tar.gz 132: | SHA256: ``71528332d751df85e046d1944d9a0269773cadd6e51840aecdeed30925f79111 iperf-3.4.tar.gz`` 133: 134: iperf 3.4 fixes a number of minor bugs and adds a few enhancements. 135: 136: 2017-10-31: iperf-3.3 released 137: ------------------------------- 138: 139: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.3.tar.gz 140: | SHA256: ``6f596271251056bffc11bbb8f17d4244ad9a7d4a317c2459fdbb853ae51284d8 iperf-3.3.tar.gz`` 141: 142: New minor release of iperf 3.3, fixing a number of minor bugs. 143: 144: 2017-06-26: iperf-3.2 released 145: ------------------------------- 146: 147: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.2.tar.gz 148: | SHA256: ``f207b36f861485845dbdf09f909c62f3d2222a3cf3d2682095aede8213cd9c1d iperf-3.2.tar.gz`` 149: 150: New minor release of iperf 3.2, with new features, bugfixes, and enhancements. 151: 152: 2017-06-06: iperf3 update, June 2017 153: -------------------------------------- 154: 155: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/iperf/master/docs/2017-06-06.txt 156: 157: 158: 2017-04-27: iperf3 update, April 2017 159: -------------------------------------- 160: 161: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/iperf/master/docs/2017-04-27.txt 162: 163: 164: 2017-03-06: iperf-3.1.7 released 165: --------------------------------- 166: 167: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz 168: | SHA256: ``a4ef73406fe92250602b8da2ae89ec53211f805df97a1d1d629db5a14043734f iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz`` 169: 170: This version of iperf3 contains two documentation fixes, but is 171: otherwise identical to the prior release. 172: 173: 174: 2017-02-02: iperf-3.1.6 released 175: --------------------------------- 176: 177: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.6.tar.gz 178: | SHA256: ``70f0c72d9e60c6ecb2c478ed17e4fd81d3b827d57896fee43bcd0c53abccb29d iperf-3.1.6.tar.gz`` 179: 180: This version of iperf3 contains two minor fixes. Notably, one of them 181: unbreaks JSON output with UDP tests. 182: 183: 184: 2017-01-12: iperf-3.1.5 released 185: --------------------------------- 186: 187: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.5.tar.gz 188: | SHA256: ``6e1a6200cd38baeab58ef0d7b8769e7aa6410c3a3168e65ea8277a4de79e5500 iperf-3.1.5.tar.gz`` 189: 190: This version of iperf3 makes some improvements to the fair-queue-based 191: pacing and improves the selection of the default UDP packet size. 192: Users who use either of these aspects of iperf3 are encourage to 193: review the release notes for this version. 194: 195: 196: 2016-10-31: iperf-3.1.4 released 197: --------------------------------- 198: 199: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.4.tar.gz 200: | SHA256: ``db61d70ac62003ebe0bf15496bd8c4b3c4b728578a44d0a1a88fcf8afc0e8f76 iperf-3.1.4.tar.gz`` 201: 202: This release fixes a few minor bugs, including a 203: (non-security-impacting) buffer overflow fix ported from upstream 204: cjson. 205: 206: 207: 2016-06-08: Security Issue: iperf-3.1.3, iperf-3.0.12 released 208: ---------------------------------------------------------------- 209: 210: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.3.tar.gz 211: | SHA256: ``60d8db69b1d74a64d78566c2317c373a85fef691b8d277737ee5d29f448595bf iperf-3.1.3.tar.gz`` 212: 213: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.12.tar.gz 214: | SHA256: ``9393d646e4e616f0cd7864bc8ceacc379f5d36b08003a3d8d65cd7c99d15daec iperf-3.0.12.tar.gz`` 215: 216: These releases address a security issue that could cause a crash of an 217: iperf3 process (it could theoretically lead to a remote code 218: execution). Although the risk for common use cases is believed to be 219: low, all users are encouraged to update to these versions or newer as 220: soon as possible. More information on the security vulnerability can 221: be found in the following ESnet Software Security Advisory: 222: 223: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esnet/security/master/cve-2016-4303/esnet-secadv-2016-0001.txt.asc 224: 225: iperf-3.1.3 also includes support for fair-queueing, per-socket based 226: pacing of tests on platforms that support it (currently recent Linux 227: distributions), as well as several other fixes. 228: 229: 230: 2016-02-01: iperf-3.1.2 released 231: --------------------------------- 232: 233: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.2.tar.gz 234: | SHA256: ``f9dbdb99f869c077d14bc1de78675f5e4b8d1bf78dc92381e96c3eb5b1fd7d86 iperf-3.1.2.tar.gz`` 235: 236: This release fixes a couple of minor bugs, including one that results 237: in invalid JSON being emitted for UDP tests. 238: 239: Older News 240: ---------- 241: 242: 2015-11-19: iperf-3.1.1 released 243: ................................. 244: 245: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.1.tar.gz 246: | SHA256: ``62f7c64eafe19046ba974b3ef2d962a5597194d6fbbddde328a15a5e74110564 iperf-3.1.1.tar.gz`` 247: 248: This release fixes a few minor bugs. 249: 250: 2015-10-16: iperf3 Development Status 251: ...................................... 252: 253: Beginning with the release of iperf 3.1, ESnet plans to support iperf3 254: in "maintenance mode". At this point, we have no definite plans for 255: further iperf3 releases, and ESnet will be providing a very limited 256: amount of resources for support and development, going forward. 257: However, ESnet could issue new iperf3 releases to deal with security 258: issues or high-impact bug fixes. 259: 260: Requests for support, enhancements, and questions should best be 261: directed to the iperf-dev mailing list. ESnet would be open to adding 262: project members/committers from the community, in case there are 263: developers who are interested in doing more active work with iperf3 264: and/or supporting the user base. 265: 266: 267: 2015-10-16: iperf-3.1 released 268: ............................... 269: 270: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.1.tar.gz 271: | SHA256: ``4385a32ece25cb09d4606b4c99316356b3d2cb03b318aa056b99cdb91c5ce656 iperf-3.1.tar.gz`` 272: 273: This release adds support for SCTP on supported platforms, better 274: feature detection on FreeBSD, better compatibility with various 275: platforms, and a number of bug fixes. 276: 277: 278: 2015-01-09: iperf-3.0.11 released 279: .................................. 280: 281: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz 282: | SHA256: ``e01db5be6f47f67c987463095fe4f5b8b9ff891fb92c39104d042ad8fde97f6e iperf-3.0.11.tar.gz`` 283: 284: This maintenance release adds a -1 flag to make the iperf3 execute a 285: single test and exit, needed for an upcoming bwctl release. A few 286: other bugs are also fixed. 287: 288: 2014-12-16: iperf-3.0.10 released 289: .................................. 290: 291: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz 292: | SHA256: ``a113442967cf0981b0b2d538be7c88903b2fb0f87b0d281384e41b462e33059d iperf-3.0.10.tar.gz`` 293: 294: This maintenance release fixes building on MacOS X Yosemite, as well 295: as making the -w option work correctly with UDP tests. 296: 297: 2014-10-14: iperf-3.0.9 released 298: ................................. 299: 300: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz 301: | SHA256: ``40249a2b30d26b937350b969bcb19f88e1beb356f886ed31422b554bac692459 iperf-3.0.9.tar.gz`` 302: 303: This maintenance release fixes an issue for a situation in which 304: attempting a UDP test with pathologically large (and illegal) packet 305: sizes could put the iperf3 server in a state where it would stop 306: accepting connections from clients, thus causing the clients to crash 307: when interrupted. 308: 309: 310: 2014-09-30: iperf-3.0.8 released 311: ................................. 312: 313: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz 314: | SHA256: ``81b8d91159862896c57f9b90a006e8b5dc22bd94175d97bd0db50b0ae2c1a78e iperf-3.0.8.tar.gz`` 315: 316: This maintenance release is functionally identical to 3.0.7. It 317: incorporates updated license verbage and a minor compilation fix. 318: 319: 320: 2014-08-28: iperf-3.0.7 released 321: ................................. 322: 323: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz 324: | SHA256: ``49510e886f9e876cd73dcd80414bfb8c49b147c82125585e09c2a6e92369d3f2 iperf-3.0.7.tar.gz`` 325: 326: This maintenance release fixes several minor bugs. Of particular 327: note: 328: 329: * A bug that caused some problems with bwctl / perfSONAR has been 330: fixed. 331: 332: * A bug that made it possible to disrupt existing, running tests has 333: been fixed. 334: 335: 2014-07-28: iperf-3.0.6 released 336: ................................. 337: 338: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz 339: | SHA256: ``3c5909c9b286b6503ffa141a94cfc588915d6e67f2aa732b08df0af73e21938 iperf-3.0.6.tar.gz`` 340: 341: This maintenance release includes the following bug fixes: 342: 343: * Several problems with the -B option have been fixed. Also, API 344: calls have been added to libiperf to extend this functionality to 345: API clients. 346: 347: * Some portability fixes for OpenBSD and Solaris have been merged from 348: the mainline. 349: 350: As always, more details can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` file in 351: the source distribution. 352: 353: 2014-06-16: Project documentation on GitHub Pages 354: .................................................. 355: 356: iperf3 project documentation can now be found at: 357: 358: | URL: http://software.es.net/iperf/ 359: 360: This is a GitHub Pages site. In an ongoing series of steps, content 361: will be migrated from the iperf3 wiki to GitHub Pages. 362: 363: 2014-06-16: iperf-3.0.5 released 364: ................................. 365: 366: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz 367: | SHA256: ``e1e1989985b17a4c03b0fa207004ad164b137e37ab0682fecbf5e93bcaa920a6 iperf-3.0.5.tar.gz`` 368: 369: This is the third maintenance release of iperf 3, with few more 370: enhancements and bug fixes. Highlights: 371: 372: * A timing issue which caused measurement intervals to be wrong with 373: TCP tests on lossy networks has been fixed. 374: 375: * It is now possible to get (most of) the server-side output at 376: the client by using the ``--get-server-output`` flag. 377: 378: * A number of bugs with ``--json`` output have been fixed. 379: 380: A more extensive list of changes can always be found in the 381: ``RELNOTES.md`` file in the source distribution. 382: 383: Note: An iperf-3.0.4 release was planned and tagged, but not 384: officially released. 385: 386: 2014-06-10: New iperf3 download site 387: ..................................... 388: 389: iperf3 downloads are now hosted on a new server at ESnet: 390: 391: | URL: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/ 392: 393: Going forward, new releases will be made available in this directory. 394: Older releases will, at least for now, continue to also be available 395: at the previous location. 396: 397: 2014-03-26: iperf-3.0.3 released 398: ................................. 399: 400: | URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz 401: | SHA256: ``79daf3e5e5c933b2fc4843d6d21c98d741fe39b33ac05bd7a11c50d321a2f59d iperf-3.0.3.tar.gz`` 402: 403: This is the second maintenance release of iperf 3.0, containing a few bug fixes and enhancements, notably: 404: 405: * The structure of the JSON output is more consistent between the 406: cases of one stream and multiple streams. 407: 408: * The example programs once again build correctly. 409: 410: * A possible buffer overflow related to error output has been fixed. 411: (This is not believed to be exploitable.) 412: 413: More information on changes can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` 414: file in the source distribution. 415: 416: 2014-03-10: iperf-3.0.2 released 417: ................................. 418: 419: | URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz 420: | SHA256: ``3c379360bf40e6ac91dfc508cb43fefafb4739c651d9a8d905a30ec99095b282 iperf-3.0.2.tar.gz`` 421: 422: **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. 423: 424: This version is a maintenance release that 425: fixes a number of bugs, many reported by users, adds a few minor 426: enhancements, and tracks the migration of the iperf3 project to 427: GitHub. Of particular interest: 428: 429: * Build / runtime fixes for CentOS 5, MacOS 10.9, and FreeBSD. 430: 431: * TCP snd_cwnd output on Linux in the default output format. 432: 433: * libiperf is now built as both a shared and static library; by 434: default, the iperf3 binary links to the shared library. 435: 436: More information on changes can be found in the ``RELNOTES.md`` 437: file in the source distribution. 438: 439: 2014-02-28: iperf migrated to GitHub 440: ..................................... 441: 442: The new project page can be found at: 443: 444: https://github.com/esnet/iperf 445: 446: 2014-01-10: iperf-3.0.1 released 447: ................................. 448: 449: | URL: http://stats.es.net/software/iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz 450: | SHA256: ``32b419ef634dd7670328c3cecc158babf7d706bd4b3d248cf95965528a20e614 iperf-3.0.1.tar.gz`` 451: 452: During development, there were various distributions of the source 453: code unofficially released carrying a 3.0.0 version number. Because 454: of the possibility for confusion, this first public release of iperf3 455: was numbered 3.0.1.