NDNSF is a lightweight Named Data Networking forwarder based on NDN-On-Node, compatible with NDNx and CCNx. NDNSF is tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7.

NDNSF is not designed for speed, and is not a replacement of ndnd or NDNFD. NDNSF is not endorsed by NDN project group.

1. Install Node.js v0.10.15 or above.
2. Download NDNSF source code.
3. Install dependencies: npm install ndn-on-node ws
4. Create configuration files: cp -r config-sample config (on linux) or XCOPY /E config-sample config\ (on Windows)
5. Modify configuration files config/* if desired.

• Start NDNSF by executing nodejs . or node . in NDNSF code directory.
  • Make sure any other programs that listens on port 9695 and 9696 are stopped.
• Ask local apps to use TCP or WebSocket transport instead of UNIX sockets:
  • NDN-On-Node apps and CCNx Java apps can be used directly.
  • NDNx apps need NDN_LOCAL_TRANSPORT=tcp environment variable.
  • CCNx apps need CCN_LOCAL_TRANSPORT=tcp environment variable.
  • NDN-JS apps can connect to ws://localhost:9696/
• Access NDNSF manager webapp at http://localhost:9696/

NDNSF supports the following features:

• FIB - Forwarding Information Base
• PIT - Pending Interest Table
• Prefix Registration Protocol: selfreg command only
• broadcast forwarding strategy
• smart forwarding strategy
• TCP transport
• WebSocket transport
• status web page with operator key authentication

NDNSF does not yet support:

• CS - Content Store
• ForwardingFlags
• UDP transport
• Face Management Protocol