ndn-cxx v0.1.0 Release Notes
============================

Version 0.1.0 is the initial release of ndn-cxx, an NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions.

Originally based on [ndn-cpp library](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cpp) the ndn-cxx library
adopts a slightly different design philosophy (including an extensive use of Boost libraries to
facilitate development, as well as the use of Crypto++ library to support cryptographic operations),
and includes a number of extensions that aim to simplify NDN application development.

The current features include:

-   **Base**
    -   Fully asynchronous, event-driven communication model, which is implemented using
        [Boost.Asio](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html)
    -   Single-threaded, but thread-safe Face operations

        > A single Face object can be safely used in multiple threads to express Interests and
        > publish Data packets

    -   Explicit time management for NDN operations using
        [Boost.Chrono](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/chrono.html)
    -   Simplified and extended [NDN API](doxygen/annotated.html)
    -   Extensive set of unit-tests based on [Boost.Test
        framework](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html)
        -   Continuous integration using an in-house installation of Jenkins build bots and the
            hosted [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/named-data/ndn-cxx) continuous integration
            service compile and verify correctness of the library for each commit

-   **Wire format**
    -   Full support of [NDN-TLV packet format v0.1](http://named-data.net/doc/NDN-TLV/0.1/)
    -   Pure C++ implementation of wire encoding/decoding with simple access to wire format of all
        NDN packet abstractions via `wireEncode` and `wireDecode` methods

        > In many cases, NDN packet abstractions are just "indices" to the wire format

-   **Communication with the forwarder**
    -   Enable connecting to local forwarder via UNIX and TCP transports and to remote forwarders
        using TCP transport
    -   Full support for communication with [Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon
        (NFD)](https://github.com/named-data/NFD)
        -   Full support for [NFD management
            protocols](http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Management) to NFD status
            information, create and manage NFD Faces, receive NFD Face status change notifications,
            update StrategyChoice for namespaces, and manage routes in RIB
        -   Support for
            [LocalControlHeader](http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/LocalControlHeader)
            to implement special NDN applications that need low-level control of NDN packet
            forwarding
-   **Security support**
    -   A set of security primitives to allowing implementation of secure NDN applications in a
        simplified manner
        -   **KeyChain**: provides simple interfaces of packet signing, and key and certificate
            management
        -   **ValidatorConfig**: validator that implements trust model defined in a configuration
            file
        -   **CommandInterestGenerator** and **CommandInterestValidator**: convenient helpers to
            produce and validate command interests, while preventing potential replay attacks
    -   Several implementations of trusted platform modules to securely manage private keys
        -   **SecTpmOsx**: TPM based on OSX KeyChain (OSX-specific)
        -   **SecTpmFile**: TPM that uses file-based access control to protect keys (cross-platform)
    -   Extensive set of security command-line tools to manage security identities and certificates
        -   Generating private/public keys
        -   Issuing certificates
        -   Exporting/importing identities
        -   Managing default security settings
-   **Miscellaneous tools**
    -   Scheduler to support delayed time operations
    -   NDN regular expressions
    -   Simple config file to alter various aspects of the library
    -   **tlvdump**: a simple tool to visualize TLV-encoded blocks

1. b67090a build+tests: Fixing c++11 mode compilation and correcting integrated test with faces by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
2. 6507fb1 transport: Fixing regression with TCP transport by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
3. dfa52c4 docs: Updating documentation and license boilerplates in all files by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
4. 2a7f720 exceptions: Make Tlv::Error a base class for all packet-processing exceptions by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
5. fdbfc6d src: Improving consistency and correcting code style by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
6. c07b3a2 util, transport: add configuration file support and make default unix socket configurable by Steve DiBenedetto · 10 years ago
7. 937aa78 decoding+transport: Exception-safe Block parsing by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
8. aa0e7da all: Refactoring work with time using boost::chrono by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
9. 6e0c5a5 transport: Fixing bug with pausing transport by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
10. 52afb3f face: When there are no more events to process, pausing transport instead of closing it by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
11. 5964fb7 management: Making LocalControlHeader encoding independent of Interest/Data wire by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
12. f7ca320 face: Making environment-based selection of the daemon (ndnd-tlv vs. nfd) by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
13. e2dcdfd build: Experimental support to build using precompiled headers by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
14. 1950885 build+src: Updating common.hpp to import (std|boost)::(shared_ptr|function|...) into ndn namespace by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
15. 09c613f src: Another round of source updates: moving all headers close to implementation files by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
16. d409d59 build: Finalizing waf building system (removing legacy code) by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
17. 20d2c58 transport: Implementing TcpTransport by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
18. 61ec272 renaming: ndn-cpp to ndn-cpp-dev by Yingdi Yu · 11 years ago
19. 8995f54 node+transport: Fixing bug that prevented reconnection to the forwarder after being disconnected for some reason by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
20. 50ca627 transport/unix: Fixing segfault due to errorneous creation of multiple UnixTransport::Impl instances by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
21. 0102be9 transport/unix: Implementing connect timeout by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
22. bf08211 node: Ensure that processEvents blocks only if there are active events by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
23. 54467af build: Fixing gcc compilation by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
24. 3c03420 transport/unix: Fixing compilation in c++11 mode by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
25. 3ae2da2 node+transport: Improving async operations and error reporting by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
26. a557d5a face: Extending Face interface to support ``put`` call by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
27. 328e23d transport/unix: Adding complex logic to handle streamed data by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
28. e2e0d75 face+transport: Cleanup and preparation for implementation of fully async Face operations by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
29. fe3b150 transport: Implementation of semi-async UNIX transport (for TLV format only) by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
30. 8863d9d transport: (temporary) remove UDP and TCP transports by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
31. 0b688dc face+transport: Eliminating concept of ConnectionInfo by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
32. 17cb30c transport: Remove unused member elementListener_. by Jeff Thompson · 11 years ago
33. 53430e0 TcpTransport: need to #include <stdlib.h> for malloc. by Jeff Thompson · 11 years ago
34. 2db6037 files: Rename ndn-cpp/ to src/. Updated Makefile.am. Refs #1054. by Jeff Thompson · 11 years ago