From yzhang893 at connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn Tue Dec 16 08:24:08 2025 From: yzhang893 at connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn (Yulong ZHANG) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:24:08 +0000 Subject: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi Mini-NDN Team, I have submitted a patch that adds a new example to the examples/ directory: python-ndn Application-Layer Forwarding. Motivation: While NFD handles network-layer forwarding, many researchers need to implement logic at the application layer (e.g., Interest interception, Name rewriting, or middlebox services). What this example does: It provides a clean, standalone implementation of a Forwarder node using python-ndn that: 1. Intercepts traffic on a prefix. 2. Modifies the Name (Namespace mapping). 3. Proxies the request to a backend Producer and relays the Data back. Technical Details: The scripts are written to be transport-agnostic. They default to TCP (localhost:6363) for easy manual testing on a host machine but fully support Unix Sockets via the NDN_CLIENT_TRANSPORT environment variable for Mininet integration. Documentation and a README are included. I believe this will be helpful for users looking to integrate custom Python logic with Mini-NDN. Best regards, Yulong ________________________________ From: Mini-NDN on behalf of Lan Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 7:41 PM To: mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu Subject: [Mini-NDN] Fwd: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Begin forwarded message: From: "Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane)" Date: October 26, 2025 at 16:05:57 CDT To: Yulong ZHANG , "Lan Wang (lanwang)" , "mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" Subject: Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) ? Hi Yulong, That is perfectly acceptable. I will try and make sure that myself or someone else is able to promptly give feedback and merge this into Mini-NDN at that time. Thanks, Alex Lane Get Outlook for Mac From: Yulong ZHANG Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:10?AM To: Lan Wang (lanwang) , mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu , Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) Subject: Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Dear Alex, Thank you very much for your kind response and for providing the contribution guidelines. I?d be very happy to contribute and prepare the RST-formatted document as suggested. However, I currently have two urgent deadlines for meetings before November 21, so I may not be able to organize everything properly until then. Would it be okay if I send you the finalized version after that date? Thank you again for your time and for offering to help. I really appreciate it and look forward to contributing to Mini-NDN. Best regards, Yulong Zhang ________________________________ From: Mini-NDN on behalf of Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) via Mini-NDN Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2025 12:20 AM To: Lan Wang (lanwang) ; mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu Subject: Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) You don't often get email from mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu. Learn why this is important Hi Yulong, I appreciate the follow up. This document gives the general flow of contributing to Mini-NDN; we do not include unit tests in Mini-NDN. https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md Our Gerrit is located here: https://gerrit.named-data.net/admin/repos/mini-ndn,general And Redmine is located here: https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/mini-ndn If you can write this up and format as an RST file (https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html) and submit as a patch, I would be happy to have you added to the contributors file which should list you as a contributor (and can label this specific contribution if you would like). I am somewhat tight on time for the next week, but I will try my best to answer any questions or help with any issues you run into in a timely manner. Thanks, Alex Lane Get Outlook for Mac From: Mini-NDN on behalf of Lan Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN Date: Friday, October 24, 2025 at 11:09?AM To: mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu Subject: Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and trust the content is safe. Yulong, Your contribution to Mini-NDN is very welcome. I hope Alex Lane and others can help you include the python-NDN examples into the MIni-NDN repository. Lan On Oct 24, 2025, at 11:01, Lan Wang (lanwang) wrote: This email was previously discarded as the sender was not a subscriber. I?ve added the sender to the mailing list and am forwarding the email to the mailing list. Lan Begin forwarded message: From: mini-ndn-bounces at lists.cs.ucla.edu Subject: Auto-discard notification From: Yulong ZHANG > Subject: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Date: April 14, 2025 at 08:28:06 CDT To: "mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" > Dear Mini-NDN developers and community, My name is Yulong Zhang, a third-year PhD student from The Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Dirk Kutscher. I'm writing to follow up on a discussion initiated in GitHub Issue #80 ([ https://github.com/named-data/mini-ndn/issues/80]). In that issue, I inquired about the support for python-ndn (https://python-ndn.readthedocs.io/) within the Mini-NDN environment. Awlane kindly responded, clarifying that while python-ndn applications are generally supported, direct wrappers or integration examples at the Mini-NDN layer were not currently available, and contributions in this direction would be appreciated. Awlane also recommended using this mailing list for further discussions. I'm pleased to report that, following that exchange, I have dedicated some time to this and have successfully managed to set up and run NDN applications developed using python-ndn within Mini-NDN experiments. I've worked through the practical steps required to integrate and execute these applications effectively in the simulated environment. Recognizing that others in the community might also be interested in leveraging python-ndn with Mini-NDN, I believe sharing concrete examples and perhaps a brief guide could be quite valuable. These examples could demonstrate how to: 1. Structure a python-ndn application for use within Mini-NDN. 2. Potentially handle dependencies or environment setup within the Mini-NDN nodes. Therefore, I would be very happy to prepare and share these implementation details and practical examples. My hope is that they could potentially be refined and incorporated into the official Mini-NDN documentation, perhaps as a tutorial or a dedicated section on using different NDN application libraries. If these examples and potential documentation updates are found useful by the project and are incorporated,would it be possible for me to be acknowledged as a contributor to the Mini-NDN project for this specific work? Thank you for your time, consideration, and the excellent work on Mini-NDN. I look forward to hearing from you regarding this proposal. Best regards, Yulong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <4E53F0C4-D9EE-4E5C-A89F-85D4CFF4BC2E@memphis.edu> Hi Yulong, Thank you for your contribution. Ashlesh Gawande will review your patch. Lan On Dec 16, 2025, at 10:24, Yulong ZHANG wrote: Hi Mini-NDN Team, I have submitted a patch that adds a new example to the examples/ directory: python-ndn Application-Layer Forwarding. Motivation: While NFD handles network-layer forwarding, many researchers need to implement logic at the application layer (e.g., Interest interception, Name rewriting, or middlebox services). What this example does: It provides a clean, standalone implementation of a Forwarder node using python-ndn that: 1. Intercepts traffic on a prefix. 2. Modifies the Name (Namespace mapping). 3. Proxies the request to a backend Producer and relays the Data back. Technical Details: The scripts are written to be transport-agnostic. They default to TCP (localhost:6363) for easy manual testing on a host machine but fully support Unix Sockets via the NDN_CLIENT_TRANSPORT environment variable for Mininet integration. Documentation and a README are included. I believe this will be helpful for users looking to integrate custom Python logic with Mini-NDN. Best regards, Yulong ________________________________ From: Mini-NDN > on behalf of Lan Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 7:41 PM To: mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu

> Subject: [Mini-NDN] Fwd: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Begin forwarded message: From: "Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane)" > Date: October 26, 2025 at 16:05:57 CDT To: Yulong ZHANG >, "Lan Wang (lanwang)" >, "mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" > Subject: Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) ? Hi Yulong, That is perfectly acceptable. I will try and make sure that myself or someone else is able to promptly give feedback and merge this into Mini-NDN at that time. Thanks, Alex Lane Get Outlook for Mac From: Yulong ZHANG > Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:10?AM To: Lan Wang (lanwang) >, mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu

>, Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) > Subject: Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Dear Alex, Thank you very much for your kind response and for providing the contribution guidelines. I?d be very happy to contribute and prepare the RST-formatted document as suggested. However, I currently have two urgent deadlines for meetings before November 21, so I may not be able to organize everything properly until then. Would it be okay if I send you the finalized version after that date? Thank you again for your time and for offering to help. I really appreciate it and look forward to contributing to Mini-NDN. Best regards, Yulong Zhang ________________________________ From: Mini-NDN > on behalf of Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) via Mini-NDN > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2025 12:20 AM To: Lan Wang (lanwang) >; mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu

> Subject: Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) You don't often get email from mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu. Learn why this is important Hi Yulong, I appreciate the follow up. This document gives the general flow of contributing to Mini-NDN; we do not include unit tests in Mini-NDN. https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md Our Gerrit is located here: https://gerrit.named-data.net/admin/repos/mini-ndn,general And Redmine is located here: https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/mini-ndn If you can write this up and format as an RST file (https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html) and submit as a patch, I would be happy to have you added to the contributors file which should list you as a contributor (and can label this specific contribution if you would like). I am somewhat tight on time for the next week, but I will try my best to answer any questions or help with any issues you run into in a timely manner. Thanks, Alex Lane Get Outlook for Mac From: Mini-NDN > on behalf of Lan Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN > Date: Friday, October 24, 2025 at 11:09?AM To: mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu

> Subject: Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and trust the content is safe. Yulong, Your contribution to Mini-NDN is very welcome. I hope Alex Lane and others can help you include the python-NDN examples into the MIni-NDN repository. Lan On Oct 24, 2025, at 11:01, Lan Wang (lanwang) > wrote: This email was previously discarded as the sender was not a subscriber. I?ve added the sender to the mailing list and am forwarding the email to the mailing list. Lan Begin forwarded message: From: mini-ndn-bounces at lists.cs.ucla.edu Subject: Auto-discard notification From: Yulong ZHANG > Subject: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) Date: April 14, 2025 at 08:28:06 CDT To: "mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" > Dear Mini-NDN developers and community, My name is Yulong Zhang, a third-year PhD student from The Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Dirk Kutscher. I'm writing to follow up on a discussion initiated in GitHub Issue #80 ([ https://github.com/named-data/mini-ndn/issues/80]). In that issue, I inquired about the support for python-ndn (https://python-ndn.readthedocs.io/) within the Mini-NDN environment. Awlane kindly responded, clarifying that while python-ndn applications are generally supported, direct wrappers or integration examples at the Mini-NDN layer were not currently available, and contributions in this direction would be appreciated. Awlane also recommended using this mailing list for further discussions. I'm pleased to report that, following that exchange, I have dedicated some time to this and have successfully managed to set up and run NDN applications developed using python-ndn within Mini-NDN experiments. I've worked through the practical steps required to integrate and execute these applications effectively in the simulated environment. Recognizing that others in the community might also be interested in leveraging python-ndn with Mini-NDN, I believe sharing concrete examples and perhaps a brief guide could be quite valuable. These examples could demonstrate how to: 1. Structure a python-ndn application for use within Mini-NDN. 2. Potentially handle dependencies or environment setup within the Mini-NDN nodes. Therefore, I would be very happy to prepare and share these implementation details and practical examples. My hope is that they could potentially be refined and incorporated into the official Mini-NDN documentation, perhaps as a tutorial or a dedicated section on using different NDN application libraries. If these examples and potential documentation updates are found useful by the project and are incorporated,would it be possible for me to be acknowledged as a contributor to the Mini-NDN project for this specific work? Thank you for your time, consideration, and the excellent work on Mini-NDN. I look forward to hearing from you regarding this proposal. Best regards, Yulong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexanderlane1453 at gmail.com Wed Dec 17 13:27:02 2025 From: alexanderlane1453 at gmail.com (Alexander Lane) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:27:02 -0600 Subject: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) In-Reply-To: <4E53F0C4-D9EE-4E5C-A89F-85D4CFF4BC2E@memphis.edu> References:

<4E53F0C4-D9EE-4E5C-A89F-85D4CFF4BC2E@memphis.edu> Message-ID: Apologies on the slight delay. I have also sent some initial comments regarding your initial submission. Thank you for following up with us. -Alex On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 1:48?PM Lan Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN < mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > Hi Yulong, > > Thank you for your contribution. Ashlesh Gawande will review your patch. > > Lan > > On Dec 16, 2025, at 10:24, Yulong ZHANG > wrote: > > Hi Mini-NDN Team, > I have submitted a patch that adds a new example to the examples/ > directory: *python-ndn Application-Layer Forwarding*. > *Motivation:* > While NFD handles network-layer forwarding, many researchers need to > implement logic at the application layer (e.g., Interest interception, Name > rewriting, or middlebox services). > *What this example does:* > It provides a clean, standalone implementation of a *Forwarder* node using > python-ndn that: > > 1. Intercepts traffic on a prefix. > 2. Modifies the Name (Namespace mapping). > 3. Proxies the request to a backend Producer and relays the Data back. > > *Technical Details:* > The scripts are written to be *transport-agnostic*. They default to TCP > (localhost:6363) for easy manual testing on a host machine but fully > support Unix Sockets via the NDN_CLIENT_TRANSPORT environment variable > for Mininet integration. > Documentation and a README are included. I believe this will be helpful > for users looking to integrate custom Python logic with Mini-NDN. > Best regards, > Yulong > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mini-NDN on behalf of Lan > Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN > *Sent:* Monday, October 27, 2025 7:41 PM > *To:* mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu > *Subject:* [Mini-NDN] Fwd: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration > in Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* "Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane)" > *Date:* October 26, 2025 at 16:05:57 CDT > *To:* Yulong ZHANG , "Lan Wang > (lanwang)" , "mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" < > mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu> > *Subject:* *Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN > & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80)* > > ? > Hi Yulong, > > That is perfectly acceptable. I will try and make sure that myself or > someone else is able to promptly give feedback and merge this into Mini-NDN > at that time. > > Thanks, > Alex Lane > > Get Outlook for Mac > *From: *Yulong ZHANG > *Date: *Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 3:10?AM > *To: *Lan Wang (lanwang) , mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu > , Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) < > awlane at memphis.edu> > *Subject: *Re: Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & > Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) > > Dear Alex, > Thank you very much for your kind response and for providing the > contribution guidelines. I?d be very happy to contribute and prepare the > RST-formatted document as suggested. > However, I currently have two urgent deadlines for meetings before > November 21, so I may not be able to organize everything properly until > then. Would it be okay if I send you the finalized version after that date? > Thank you again for your time and for offering to help. I really > appreciate it and look forward to contributing to Mini-NDN. > Best regards, > Yulong Zhang > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mini-NDN on behalf of > Alexander Wilhelm Lane (awlane) via Mini-NDN > *Sent:* Saturday, October 25, 2025 12:20 AM > *To:* Lan Wang (lanwang) ; mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu > > *Subject:* Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in > Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) > > You don't often get email from mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu. Learn why this > is important > Hi Yulong, > > I appreciate the follow up. This document gives the general flow of > contributing to Mini-NDN; we do not include unit tests in Mini-NDN. > https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md > > Our Gerrit is located here: > https://gerrit.named-data.net/admin/repos/mini-ndn,general > And Redmine is located here: > https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/mini-ndn > > If you can write this up and format as an RST file ( > https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html) > and submit as a patch, I would be happy to have you added to the > contributors file which should list you as a contributor (and can label > this specific contribution if you would like). I am somewhat tight on time > for the next week, but I will try my best to answer any questions or help > with any issues you run into in a timely manner. > > Thanks, > Alex Lane > > Get Outlook for Mac > *From: *Mini-NDN on behalf of Lan > Wang (lanwang) via Mini-NDN > *Date: *Friday, October 24, 2025 at 11:09?AM > *To: *mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu > *Subject: *Re: [Mini-NDN] Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in > Mini-NDN & Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80) > > *CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and trust > the content is safe.* > > Yulong, > > Your contribution to Mini-NDN is very welcome. I hope Alex Lane and > others can help you include the python-NDN examples into the MIni-NDN > repository. > > Lan > > On Oct 24, 2025, at 11:01, Lan Wang (lanwang) wrote: > > This email was previously discarded as the sender was not a subscriber. > I?ve added the sender to the mailing list and am forwarding the email to > the mailing list. > > Lan > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *mini-ndn-bounces at lists.cs.ucla.edu > *Subject: Auto-discard notification* > > *From: *Yulong ZHANG > *Subject: **Follow-up: Successful Python-NDN Integration in Mini-NDN & > Offer to Contribute Examples (Ref: GitHub Issue #80)* > *Date: *April 14, 2025 at 08:28:06 CDT > *To: *"mini-ndn at lists.cs.ucla.edu" > > > Dear Mini-NDN developers and community, > My name is Yulong Zhang, a third-year PhD student from The Hong Kong > University of Science of Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. > Dirk Kutscher. > I'm writing to follow up on a discussion initiated in GitHub Issue #80 ([ > https://github.com/named-data/mini-ndn/issues/80]). In that issue, I > inquired about the support for python-ndn ( > https://python-ndn.readthedocs.io/) within the Mini-NDN environment. > Awlane kindly responded, clarifying that while python-ndn applications > are generally supported, direct wrappers or integration examples at the > Mini-NDN layer were not currently available, and contributions in this > direction would be appreciated. Awlane also recommended using this mailing > list for further discussions. > I'm pleased to report that, following that exchange, I have dedicated some > time to this and have successfully managed to set up and run NDN > applications developed using python-ndn within Mini-NDN experiments. I've > worked through the practical steps required to integrate and execute these > applications effectively in the simulated environment. > Recognizing that others in the community might also be interested in > leveraging python-ndn with Mini-NDN, I believe sharing concrete examples > and perhaps a brief guide could be quite valuable. These examples could > demonstrate how to: > > 1. Structure a python-ndn application for use within Mini-NDN. > 2. Potentially handle dependencies or environment setup within the > Mini-NDN nodes. > > Therefore, I would be very happy to prepare and share these implementation > details and practical examples. My hope is that they could potentially be > refined and incorporated into the official Mini-NDN documentation, perhaps > as a tutorial or a dedicated section on using different NDN application > libraries. > If these examples and potential documentation updates are found useful by > the project and are incorporated,*would it be possible for me to be > acknowledged as a contributor to the Mini-NDN project for this specific > work?* > Thank you for your time, consideration, and the excellent work on > Mini-NDN. I look forward to hearing from you regarding this proposal. > Best regards, > Yulong > > > _______________________________________________ > Mini-NDN mailing list > Mini-NDN at lists.cs.ucla.edu > https://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/mini-ndn > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: