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 * [NFD-UML](http://named-data.net/doc/nfd-uml/)    (outdated) 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

 

 ### misc 

 * [[NDN [[Suggested License Boilerplate|NDN Team License Boilerplate (NFD)]] 
 * [[NDN Team License Boilerplate (ndn-cxx)]]