v3.0.4

• Fix licensing inconsistencies.
• Add support for the latest versions of Python.
• Remove mentions of Python 3.6.

v3.0.3

• Add the sock property to the ICMPSocket class.

v3.0.2

• Add support for IPv6 addresses with zone index.
• The payload property of an ICMPRequest now returns a random value if the payload is not defined instead of None.
• Optimize imports.

v3.0.1

• Make the SocketPermissionError more explicit when the OS does not allow instantiation of unprivileged sockets.
• Delete unnecessary properties from exceptions.
• Improve SEO on GitHub.

v3.0.0

icmplib 3.0 is here! 🚀

• The library is now asynchronous!
  • Introduce new functions: async_ping, async_multiping and async_resolve.
  • Add a new AsyncSocket class to make an ICMP socket asynchronous.
• Rewrite models:
  • All the properties of Host and Hop classes are now lazy.
  • Add new properties to the Host and Hop classes: you can retrieve the list of round-trip times and calculate the jitter.
  • Add the metaclass __str__ to visualize the results more easily.
• Rewrite the ping, multiping and traceroute functions:
  • The identifier of ICMP requests is now handled automatically by the library.
  • Add the ability to set the address family if a hostname or an FQDN is specified.
  • A new implementation is used for the multiping function. It should be more reliable.
  • The multiping function is now in a dedicated module.
• Rewrite the documentation to help you get started with icmplib.
• Improve the resolve function to return all IP addresses found.
• Add the is_hostname function to check if a string is a hostname or an FQDN.
• Delete the experimental class BufferedSocket, replaced by AsyncSocket.
• Performance and compatibility improvement.
• Many other small changes and fixes.

Special thanks to @JonasKs and @bdraco for their suggestions, advice and feedback!

Python 3.7 or later is now required.

v2.1.1

• 🐛 Revert changes made to the traceroute function due to a bug.

This version is the last of the 2.x branch. See you soon for the release of icmplib 3.0!

v2.1.0

• Add a family parameter to the resolve function to define the address family.
• Improve the reliability of the results of the traceroute function.

v2.0.2

• Rename the default branch from master to main.
• Add more details about the privileged parameter in the README file (part 2).
• 🐛 Fix a bug preventing the traceroute function to work with IPv6 addresses (part 2).

v2.0.1

• Handle EACCES errors at sockets level.
• Add some details about the privileged parameter in the README file.
• 🐛 Fix a bug preventing the traceroute function to work with IPv6 addresses.

v2.0.0

icmplib 2.0 is here! 🚀

• New library architecture.
• Add a new multiping function. This function will be faster and more memory efficient.
• Add the ability to use the library without root privileges.
• Add the ability to set a source IP address for sending your ICMP packets.
• Add a first_hop parameter to the traceroute function to set the initial time to live value (@scoulondre).
• Add two new exceptions:
  • NameLookupError: raised when the requested name does not exist or cannot be resolved.
  • SocketAddressError: raised when the requested address cannot be assigned to the socket.
• Add a new BufferedSocket class (experimental) to send several packets simultaneously without waiting for a response.
• The receive method of sockets can receive all incoming packets.
• Throw new exceptions when instantiating sockets, sending and receiving packets.
• Improve the resolve function:
  • A NameLookupError is now raised if the requested name does not exist or cannot be resolved.
• Improve compatibility with Linux, macOS and Windows.
• Delete deprecated properties.
• Update docstrings, examples and documentation.

Compatibility with existing programs is maintained.