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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 implements the following specifications:
* [NDN-TLV packet format](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/)
* [[NFD-related NDN-TLV Type assignments]]
* [[NDNLP-TLV]] for Ethernet communication
* [[Management|NFD Management protocol]] for internal use
* [[ConfigFileFormat|NFD Configuration file format]]
* [[NRD:NRD Prefix Registration protocol]] for publisher applications to use
* [[HubDiscovery|NDN hub discovery procedure]] to discover hub nodes on the NDN testbed.
## Developer Resources
### UML diagrams
* [NFD-UML](http://named-data.net/doc/nfd-uml/)
### platform and libraries
* [C++ 03](http://en.cppreference.com/w/), [[CodeStyle|code style guidelines]]
* [Boost >=1.48.0](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/), we use [[Boost|a limited set of Boost libraries]]
* [Boost Unit Test Framework](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html), more information on [[UnitTesting|unit testing]]
* [ndn-cpp-dev](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cpp-dev), Extended version of NDN C++ client library
* [waf build system](https://code.google.com/p/waf/)
* [[Using NDN-CCL with NFD]], [NDN-CCL](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-ccl-api/)
### 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)
* [Gerrit Code Review - A Quick Introduction](https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8.1/intro-quick.html)
* [[CodeCoverage|gcov code coverage]]
* [[IntegratedTests]]
### background knowledge
* [[ccndKnowledge|knowledge about ccnd]]
* [CCNx protocol](http://www.ccnx.org/releases/ccnx-0.7.2/doc/technical/CCNxProtocol.html)
* [ndnSIM](http://ndnsim.net/)
* [NDNFD](https://github.com/NDN-Routing/NDNFD)