NFD Release Notes

NFD version 0.6.2

Release date: May 4, 2018

Note that this is the last release that process packets with [NDN packet format version 0.2.1](https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.2.1/) semantics. A future release will continue to decode v0.2.1 format, but will process packets with [v0.3](https://named-data.net/doc/NDN-packet-spec/0.3/) semantics.

New features:

  • afterContentStoreHit, afterReceiveData strategy trigger (Issue #4290)
  • Cs::erase method and cs/erase management command (Issue #4318)
  • nfdc cs config to configure parameters of NFD Content Store at run time (Issue #4050)
  • Support for IPv6 subnets in white-/blacklists of NFD config file (Issue #4546)
  • Configurable IP subnets for “local” TCP faces (Issue #4546)

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Replace PIT straggler timer with a per-strategy decision (Issue #4200)
  • Add isSatisfied and dataFreshnessPeriod properties to PIT entries (Issue #4290)
  • Prevent potential nullptr dereference in FaceManager (Issue #4548)
  • Enforce NameTree maximum depth universally (Issue #4262)
  • Correctly handle removed fragments in LpReliability (Issue #4479)
  • More hints, aliases, and visual improvements in nfdc command (Issue #4498)
  • Fix listing of face flags in the HTML status page produced by nfd-status-http-server
  • Upgrade build environment to latest version of waf and other improvements

Removals: