NFD

# NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)

**NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)** is a new NDN forwarder under active development.

NFD 0.2.0 was released on August 25, 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)

* [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)

### Installation experiences for selected platforms

* Officially Supported Operating Systems

    * [OS X with MacPorts](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/INSTALL.html#install-nfd-using-the-ndn-macports-repository-on-os-x)

    * [Ubuntu with PPA](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/INSTALL.html#install-nfd-using-the-ndn-ppa-repository-on-ubuntu-linux)

    * [Source Installation on OS X or Ubuntu](http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/INSTALL.html#building-from-source)

* Other Operating Systems

    * [[Install-centos|CentOS]]

    * [[Install-Fedora|Fedora 20]]

    * [[Compiling on FreeBSD 10.0|FreeBSD 10]]

* Virtualization Environments

    * [Vagrant](https://github.com/named-data-education/ndn-with-vagrant)

    * [Docker](https://github.com/named-data-education/ndn-with-docker)

* Embedded Devices

    * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for home routers|OpenWrt and DD-WRT home routers]]

    * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]]

## NFD Developer Resources

### UML diagrams

* [NFD-UML](http://named-data.net/doc/nfd-uml/)  (outdated)

### platform and libraries

* [C++ 11](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

* [Learn Git Branching game](http://pcottle.github.io/learnGitBranching/index.html)

* [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)

  * [git-review](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/git-review)

* [[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)