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# 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]] * [[FaceMgmt|NFD *NFD Face Management protocol]] protocol* <small>(to be defined)</small> * [[FibMgmt|NFD FIB Management protocol]] ## Developer Resources ### UML diagrams * [NFD-UML](http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~cawka/nfd-uml/) ### 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), client library that supports TLV. * [NDNx-TLV](https://github.com/bruinfish/ndn-tlv-package-instruction/wiki/NDNx-TLV-Package-Instruction), package that translates between TLV and ccnb, to help migrate apps from ccnb to TLV. * [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)