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+NDNS: Domain Name Service for Named Data Networking
+===================================================
+
+NDNS is a completely distributed database system that largely mimics the structure of the
+DNS system in today's Internet but operates within the NDN architecture.  Although the
+design of NDNS was primarily driven with a desire to provide support for cryptographic key
+distribution and routing scalability management, we believe that NDNS can also serve a
+number of other purposes during the development and deployment of the NDN architecture in
+coming years.
+
+NDNS Documentation
+------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   INSTALL
+   ndns-packet-format
+   manpages
+
+**Additional documentation**
+
+* `API documentation (doxygen) <doxygen/annotated.html>`_
+
+* `Addressing Operational Challenges in Named Data Networking Through NDNS Distributed
+  Database <http://lasr.cs.ucla.edu/afanasyev/data/files/Afanasyev/afanasyev-phd-thesis.pdf>`_
+  (PhD Thesis, outlining purpose and overall design of the NDNS system)
+
+Downloading
+-----------
+
+* `Source code GitHub git repository <https://github.com/named-data/NDNS>`_.
+
+License
+-------
+
+NDNS is an open and free software package licensed under GPL 3.0 license and is the
+centerpiece of our committement to making NDN's core technology open and free to all
+Internet users and developers. For more information about the licensing details and
+limitation, refer to `COPYING.md <https://github.com/named-data/NDNS/blob/master/COPYING.md>`_.