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# NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD) 

 **NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)** is a new NDN forwarder under active development. 
 Initial version 0.1.0 of NFD released on May 8, 2014.    Next released is scheduled for mid-June 2014. 

 NFD implements the following specifications: 

 * [NDN-TLV packet format](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/) 
 * [[Management|NFD Management protocol]] 
 * [[ConfigFileFormat|NFD Configuration file format]] 
 * [[NDNLP-TLV]] for Ethernet communication 
 * [[ScopeControl|Namespace-based Scope Control]]: /localhost and /localhop 

 Other specifications: 

 * [[HubDiscovery|NDN hub discovery procedure]] to discover hub nodes on the NDN testbed. 

 ## User Knowledge Base 

 * [NFD overview](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/README.html) 
 * [[Getting Started|Getting Started (wiki)]] or [Getting started (NFD documentation)](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/getting-started.html) 
 * [NFD FAQ](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/FAQ.html) 
 * [ndn-cxx library](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/), [application examples using ndn-cxx library](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/examples.html) 
 * [[Using NDN-CCL with NFD]], [NDN-CCL](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-ccl-api/) 

 ### Installation experiences for selected platforms 

 * [[Install-centos|Install NFD on CentOS]] 
 * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for home routers|Cross-compiling NDN projects for home routers (OpenWRT)]] 
 * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for Raspberry Pi]] 
 * [[Compiling on FreeBSD 10.0]] 

 ## NFD Developer Resources 

 ### UML diagrams 
 * [NFD-UML](http://named-data.net/doc/nfd-uml/)    (outdated) 

 ### 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-cxx](https://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/), Extended version of NDN C++ client library  
 * [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) 
   * [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)