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Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -07001NFD - Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon
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4NFD is a network forwarder that implements and evolves together with the Named Data
5Networking (NDN) `protocol <http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/>`__. After the initial
6release, NFD will become a core component of the `NDN Platform
7<http://named-data.net/codebase/platform/>`__ and will follow the same release cycle.
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Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -07009NFD Documentation
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Alexander Afanasyev49272f72014-04-06 21:49:46 -070011
Alexander Afanasyev49272f72014-04-06 21:49:46 -070012.. toctree::
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Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070016 README
17 getting-started
18 FAQ
Alexander Afanasyev49272f72014-04-06 21:49:46 -070019 manpages
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070020
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070021..
22 INSTALL
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070023
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070024* :doc:`README`
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070025
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070026* :doc:`getting-started`
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070027
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070028* :doc:`FAQ`
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070029
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070030* :doc:`manpages`
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070031
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070032**Additional documentation**
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070033
Alexander Afanasyev40ee3812014-07-01 00:25:21 -070034* `NFD Developer's Guide <http://named-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/NFD-developer-guide.pdf>`_
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Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070036* `NFD Wiki <http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki>`_
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38 + `NFD Management protocol <http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Management>`_
39 + `NFD Configuration file format <http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/ConfigFileFormat>`_
Alexander Afanasyev284257b2014-04-11 14:16:51 -070040
41* `API documentation (doxygen) <doxygen/annotated.html>`_
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070042
Alexander Afanasyev26181532014-05-07 23:38:51 -070043Downloading
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46* `Source code GitHub git repository <https://github.com/named-data/NFD>`_.
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48* :ref:`MacPorts NDN repository <How to start using NDN MacPorts repository on OSX>`
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50* :ref:`Ubuntu NDN PPA repository <How to start using NDN PPA repository on Ubuntu Linux>`
Beichuan Zhang55b8ed42014-04-26 22:25:44 -070051
52License
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55NFD is an open and free software package licensed under GPL 3.0 license and is the
56centerpiece of our committement to making NDN's core technology open and free to all
57Internet users and developers. For more information about the licensing details and
58limitation, refer to `COPYING.md <https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/COPYING.md>`_.