mini-ndn/docs/RELEASE-NOTES.md

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