News - janinge/namebench GitHub Wiki

1.3 posted - 2010-05-31

  • Ability to upload & share your results online

  • Display DNS server versions and nodenames in the HTML output (mouseover)

  • Graphical interface updated

  • Fast/Slow toggle for health check speed

  • New datasets available (updated Alexa, cache miss, cache hit, cache mix)

  • Direct importation of pcap files generated by tcpdump and wireshark.

  • OARC port diversity checks included

  • More consistent timeout settings

  • Updated server listing

  • Updated libraries (dnspython, jinja2)

1.2 posted - 2010-02-28

Same as RC2. Changes since 1.2-RC1:

  • Fix bug with empty durations during CheckCongestion stage

  • Fix bugs related to browser launching under Windows

1.2-RC1 posted - 2010-02-27

Changes:

  • Faster! Optimized import handling, pinging, and added multi-threaded benchmarking

  • 712 new regional nameservers added

  • Added fallback handling for when we overload low-spec home routers

  • Merged code for browser imports and datafile imports

  • Command-line mode now selects the best available data source (like the GUI)

  • Added import support from Flock, Galeon, Midori, OmniWeb, Sunrise, Camino, iCab

  • Renamed -t (tests) option to -q (queries), retired -d (datafile) option

  • Lots of bug-fixes and other minor improvements

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