ndn-cxx version 0.2.0

Release date: August 25, 2014

Changes since version 0.1.0:

New features:

• Base
  • The license under which the library is released is changed to Lesser GNU Public License version 3.0.
  • New ways to use incoming Interest dispatching:
    • New :ndn-cxx:`InterestFilter` abstraction that supports filtering based on name prefixes and regular expressions.
    • Separated :ndn-cxx:`Face::registerPrefix()` and :ndn-cxx:`Face::setInterestFilter()` methods allow distinct operations of registering with the local NDN forwarder and setting up application-specific OnInterest call dispatch using InterestFilters.
  • Add support for new NDN naming conventions (Issue #1761)
• Security
  • Add type dir trust-anchor in ValidatorConfig to add all certificates under the specified directory as trust anchors. The new option also allow periodic reloading trust anchors, allowing dynamic trust models.
  • Added support for multiple signature types to PublicKey, SecPublicInfo abstractions
  • New :ndn-cxx:`SignatureSha256WithEcdsa` signature type
  • Updates in :ndn-cxx:`Signature` data structure to reflect changes in NDN-TLV spec 0.1.1
• Wire encoding
  • :ndn-cxx:`Data::getFullName() <getFullName()>` method to get :ndn-cxx:`Data` packet name with implicit digest
  • New :ndn-cxx:`Name::getSuccessor()` method to get name successor (Issue #1677)
  • New in-wire refreshing of Interest’s nonce (Issue #1758)
• Management
  • Support for :ndn-cxx:`ChannelStatus`, :ndn-cxx:`StrategyChoice` datasets
  • Defining new common Route Origins for NFD RIB management protocol (Issue #1719)
  • New RibEntry and Route data structures for RIB management protocol (Issue #1764)
  • Add support for RIB flags for setInterestFilter and registerPrefix (Issue #1842)
• Miscellaneous tools
  • Introduce :ndn-cxx:`Scheduler::cancelAllEvents` to cancel all previously scheduled events (Issue #1757)
  • Introduce util::EventEmitter, :ndn-cxx:`util::NotificationSubscriber`, :ndn-cxx:`util::NotificationStream`, and :ndn-cxx:`nfd::FaceMonitor` utility classes
  • Introduce :ndn-cxx:`util::SegmentFetcher` helper class to fetch multi-segmented data (Issue #1879)
• Build
  • enabled support of precompiled headers for clang and gcc compilers to speed up compilation

Updates and bug fixes:

• Base

  • Serialization of socket write operations (Issue #1707)
  • Enforcing limit on Interest and Data packet size in :ndn-cxx:`Face::expressInterest` and :ndn-cxx:`Face::put` methods (Issue #1774)
  • Cleaning up transport state on communication failure, so Face can try to reconnect in the future.
  • Fix bug with Face::removePendingInterest (Issue #1917)

• Wire encoding

  • Nonce field is now encoded as 4-byte uint8_t value, as defined by NDN-TLV spec.

  • Optimized Data packet signing

    :ndn-cxx:`KeyChain::sign` method now pre-allocates :ndn-cxx:`EncodingBuffer`, requests unsigned portion of :ndn-cxx:`Data` using Data::wireEncode(EncodingBuffer, true), and then appends the resulting signature and prepends :ndn-cxx:`Data` packet header. This way there is no extra memory allocation after :ndn-cxx:`Data` packet is signed.

  • Optimized implicit digest calculation in :ndn-cxx:`Interest::matchesData` method (Issue #1769)

• Management

  • Add link-layer byte counts in FaceStatus data structure (Issue #1765)

• Security

  • Allow user to explicitly specify the cert name prefix before ‘KEY’ component in ndnsec-certgen

  • SignatureSha256 has been renamed to :ndn-cxx:`DigestSha256` to conform with NDN-TLV specification.

  • Add checking of Timestamp and Nonce fields in signed Interest within :ndn-cxx:`ValidatorConfig`

  • Allow validator customization using hooks:

    Sub-classes of :ndn-cxx:`Validator` class can use the following hooks to fine-tune the validation process:

    • preCertificateValidation to process received certificate before validation.
    • onTimeout to process interest timeout
    • afterCheckPolicy to process validation requests.

  • Fix memory issues in SecPublicInfoSqlite3

• Miscellaneous tools

  • Redefine method for random number generation: random::generateWord* and random::generateSecureWord* to generate cryptographically non-secure (fast) and secure (slow) random numbers.

• Other minor fixes and corrections

Deprecated:

• SignatureSha256 class, use :ndn-cxx:`DigestSha256` instead.

• All :ndn-cxx:`Face` constructors that accept shared_ptr<io_service>.

  Use versions that accept reference to io_service object.

• Face::ioService method, use :ndn-cxx:`Face::getIoService` instead.

• :ndn-cxx:`Interest` constructor that accepts name, individual selectors, and individual guiders as constructor parameters.

  Use Interest().setX(...).setY(...) or use the overload taking Selectors

• name::Component::toEscapedString method, use :ndn-cxx:`name::Component::toUri` instead.

• SecPublicInfo::addPublicKey method, use SecPublicInfo::addKey instead.

• Tlv::ConentType constant (typo), use Tlv::ContentType instead.

• CommandInterestGenerator and CommandInterestValidator utility classes. :ndn-cxx:`ValidatorConfig` should be used instead.

Removed:

• support of ndnd-tlv (only NFD management protocol is supported now)

• SecPublicInfoMemory and SecTpmMemory classes that were no longer used

• Removing concept of periodic event from :ndn-cxx:`Scheduler`.

  In applications, periodic events should be just re-scheduled within the callback for single-shot events.