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# NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)
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**NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)** is a new NDN forwarder under development.
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Its first release is scheduled for March 2014.
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NFD conforms to these **network protocols**:
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* [CCNx protocol](http://www.ccnx.org/releases/ccnx-0.7.2/doc/technical/CCNxProtocol.html)
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* [NDN-TLV packet format](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/)
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* [[NDNLP-TLV]] for Ethernet communication
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* *NFD local control header* <small>(to be defined)</small> for local applications
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## Developer Resources
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### platform and libraries
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* [C++ 03](http://en.cppreference.com/w/), [[CodeStyle|code style guidelines]]
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* [Boost >=1.42.0](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/), we use [[Boost|a limited set of Boost libraries]]
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* [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]]
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* [NDN-CPP-TLV](https://github.com/cawka/ndn-cpp/tree/new-dev)
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* [waf build system](https://code.google.com/p/waf/)
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### development process
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* [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)
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### background knowledge
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* [[ccndKnowledge|knowledge about ccnd]]
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* [ndnSIM](http://ndnsim.net/)
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* [NDNFD](https://github.com/NDN-Routing/NDNFD)