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Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -07001# NDN Essential Tools
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3**ndn-tools** is a collection of essential tools for
4[Named Data Networking](http://named-data.net/).
5These tools are recommended to be installed on all NDN nodes.
6Tools in this collection include:
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Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -07008* [peek](tools/peek): transmit a single packet between a consumer and a producer
Andrea Tosatto672b9a72016-01-05 16:18:20 +01009* [chunks](tools/chunks): segmented file transfer between a consumer and producer
Junxiao Shi00aa1812015-06-27 19:27:16 -070010* [ping](tools/ping): test reachability between two nodes
11* [dump](tools/dump): analyze traffic on wire
12* [dissect](tools/dissect): inspect TLV structure of NDN packet format
Alexander Afanasyev6fbb7b42015-08-10 11:53:49 -070013* [dissect-wireshark](tools/dissect-wireshark): Wireshark extension to inspect TLV structure of NDN
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Yingdi Yu0a312e52015-07-22 13:14:53 -070015* [pib](tools/pib): a service to manage the public information of keys and publish certificates
Junxiao Shi6ca48812015-03-26 23:14:19 -070016
17See [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) for build instructions.
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19Please file bug reports and feature requests on
20[ndn-tools Redmine site](http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndn-tools).
21You may contribute code on [NDN Gerrit](http://gerrit.named-data.net).
22GitHub pull requests are not accepted.