NFD

# NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)

**NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)** is a new NDN forwarder under development.

Its first release is scheduled for March 2014.

NFD conforms to these **network protocols and specifications**:

* [CCNx protocol](http://www.ccnx.org/releases/ccnx-0.7.2/doc/technical/CCNxProtocol.html)

* [NDN-TLV packet format](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/)

* [[NDNLP-TLV]] for Ethernet communication

* *NFD local control header* <small>(to be defined)</small> for local applications

* [[Signed Interests]] specification

* [[ControlCommand|NFD Control Command specification]]

* *NFD Face Management protocol* <small>(to be defined)</small>

* [[FibMgmt|NFD FIB Management protocol]]

## Developer Resources

### platform and libraries

* [C++ 03](http://en.cppreference.com/w/), [[CodeStyle|code style guidelines]]

* [Boost >=1.42.0](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/), we use [[Boost|a limited set of Boost libraries]]

* [Boost Unit Test Framework](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html), more information on [[UnitTesting|unit testing]]

* [NDN-CPP-TLV](https://github.com/cawka/ndn-cpp/tree/new-dev)

* [waf build system](https://code.google.com/p/waf/)

### development process

* [gerrit code review](http://gerrit.named-data.net/), more information:

  * [Git and Gerrit in Action](https://www.jboss.org/dms/judcon/presentations/Boston2011/JUDConBoston2011_day1track2session6.pdf)

  * [Using Gerrit Code Review in an Open Source Project](http://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/download/6/gerrit-slides-130203050220-phpapp01.pdf)

### background knowledge

* [[ccndKnowledge|knowledge about ccnd]]

* [ndnSIM](http://ndnsim.net/)

* [NDNFD](https://github.com/NDN-Routing/NDNFD)