Release Notes¶

Mini-NDN version 0.4.0 (changes since version 0.3.0)¶

Release date: January 10, 2018

New features:

Use SIGQUIT to quit Mini-NDN, SIGINT to kill programs
Use Infoedit to edit NFD and NLSR configuration files
Use nlsr.conf installed in the system
Provide a Vagrantfile to setup Mini-NDN and NDN
Provide option to disable NLSR
Provide an option to run NLSR in dry-run mode
Add option to specify whether to use TCP or UDP face in nlsr.conf
Add option to specify arbitrary arguments to use in experiments
Include a single option to install Mini-NDN and all the dependencies

Bug fixes:

Fix “key does not exist error” after NLSR starts
Update install.sh to call ldconfig after installing ChronoSync
Add hyperbolic coordinates to default topology

Misc changes:

Add an experiment to test nlsrc
Create faces in NFD for each neighbor in NLSR
Update to latest ndn-cxx
Use /tmp/minindn folder as default work dir instead of /tmp

Mini-NDN version 0.3.0 (changes since version 0.2.0)¶

Release date: March 3, 2017

New features:

Mini-NDN cluster edition
New experiments for making NLSR testing easier

Bug fixes:

Set site name correctly
Install missing certificates in NLSR security config
Fix quitting of NLSR due to key not found error

Misc changes:

Removed nlsr.conf file, generate it within the code
Use argparse instead of deprecated optparse
Update security config section for NLSR
Change mininet prompt to mini-ndn
Set network name at one place
Update install.sh script to install openssl
Update install.sh script to install cryptopp from package instead of compiling from source
Update install.sh to clean build folder every time to get rid of removed files such as old experiments
Fix old code - use net.hosts instead of storing hosts in a variable
Use nfdc instead of deprecated nfd-status

Mini-NDN version 0.2.0 (changes since version 0.1.1)¶

Release date: August 18, 2016

New features:

Automatic security configuration for NLSR
Use /usr/local/etc/ndn/nfd.conf as default config file for NFD
Class to monitor /proc/$PID/stat file for PID
Mini-NDN exits gracefully on SIGINT and non-convergence
Faster Mini-NDN install script - does not do apt-get update everytime
NLSR is launched with explicit config file for easier process identification
Add and update more documentation

Bug fixes:

NFD is killed correctly on exit
Best route strategy is set correctly

Mini-NDN version 0.1.1 (changes since version 0.1.0)¶

Release date: November 4, 2015

New features:

Use nfd.conf.sample from currently installed NFD
Add working directory option to allow execution environment outside of /tmp
Add results directory option to store experiment results after completion
Add support for switches in GUI and configuration file
Add failNode and recoverNode methods to Experiment class
Add most connected node (MCN) failure experiment
Add option to specify percentage of nodes pinged

Code changes:

Refactor program options into container class
Remove unused “FIB Entries” option from NDN host options

Bug fixes:

Abort start up if experiment name is invalid
Restart pings after recovery in failure experiment

Mini-NDN version 0.1.0 (initial release)¶

Release date: July 15, 2015

Mini-NDN is a lightweight networking emulation tool that enables testing, experimentation, and research on the NDN platform. Based on Mininet, Mini-NDN uses the NDN libraries, NFD, NLSR, and tools released by the NDN project to emulate an NDN network on a single system.

Included features:

Run a complete NDN network on a single system
Automatic configuration of NLSR to provide a routable NDN network
Supports user created NDN applications
Create a topology using the included Mini-NDN Edit GUI application
Allows individual configuration of NFD and NLSR parameters for each node
Provides an experiment management framework for easy creation of custom networking experiments
Uses a simple topology file format to define hosts, links, and configuration values
Configure network link parameters including bandwidth, delay, and loss rate
Includes a pre-configured topology file to replicate the NDN testbed