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Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -07001# NDN Essential Tools
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Davide Pesaventob5a57452016-09-20 19:18:25 +02007
Davide Pesaventodb9613e2023-01-20 20:52:21 -05008This repository contains a collection of basic tools for [Named Data Networking (NDN)](https://named-data.net/).
9The tools currently included are:
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Davide Pesaventodb9613e2023-01-20 20:52:21 -050011* [**peek**](tools/peek): transmit a single Interest/Data packet between a consumer
Davide Pesavento786a7f22019-04-14 17:18:14 -040012 and a producer
Davide Pesaventodb9613e2023-01-20 20:52:21 -050013* [**chunks**](tools/chunks): segmented file transfer between a consumer and a producer
14* [**ping**](tools/ping): test reachability between two NDN nodes
15* [**dump**](tools/dump): capture and analyze live traffic on an NDN network
16* [**dissect**](tools/dissect): inspect the TLV structure of an NDN packet
17* [**dissect-wireshark**](tools/dissect-wireshark): Wireshark extension to inspect
Davide Pesavento786a7f22019-04-14 17:18:14 -040018 the TLV structure of NDN packets
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Davide Pesavento786a7f22019-04-14 17:18:14 -040020## Installation
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Davide Pesavento786a7f22019-04-14 17:18:14 -040022See [`INSTALL.md`](INSTALL.md) for build instructions.
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24## Reporting bugs
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26Please submit any bug reports or feature requests to the
27[ndn-tools issue tracker](https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndn-tools/issues).
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29## Contributing
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Davide Pesaventodb9613e2023-01-20 20:52:21 -050031Contributions to ndn-tools are greatly appreciated and can be made through our
32[Gerrit code review site](https://gerrit.named-data.net/).
33If you are new to the NDN software community, please read our
34[Contributor's Guide](https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
35and [`README-dev.md`](README-dev.md) to get started.
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37## License
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Davide Pesaventodb9613e2023-01-20 20:52:21 -050039ndn-tools is free software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
40See [`COPYING.md`](COPYING.md) for details.