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Fireperf: Open-source network testing tool for firewalls and routers

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Fireperf: Open-source network testing tool for firewalls and routers

The IPFire project released fireperf, an open-source tool that measures how firewalls and routers handle connection traffic by opening connections at a fixed rate and reporting the device responses. The tool targets administrators, developers, and testers who need to evaluate stateful network devices, filling a gap that existing bandwidth testers like iperf3 do not address.

Why it matters: Network and security teams evaluating firewall or router performance now have a specialized open-source option to test connection-handling behavior under load without licensing costs.

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