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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**:
* [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 conforms to these **protocols and specifications** for local control and management:
* [[Command Interests|Command Interests]]
* [[LocalControlHeader|NFD local control header]]
* [[ControlCommand|NFD Control Command]]
* [[FaceMgmt|NFD Face Management protocol]]
* [[FaceStatus|NFD Face Status protocol]]
* [[FibMgmt|NFD FIB Management protocol]]
* [[FibEnumeration|NFD FIB Enumeration protocol]]
* [[Notification|NFD Notification mechanism]]
Miscellaneous
* [[NFD-related NDN-TLV Type assignments]]
* [[ConfigFileFormat|NFD Configuration file format]]
## 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)