[Ndn-interest] Understanding Named Data Networking

[Kyra]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM Varun Patil via Ndn-interest <
ndn-interest at lists.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> From an initial impression, the content delivery strategy of the protocol
reminds me of IPFS CIDs.

A key difference is IPFS CIDs are just hashes of the content, they are
not meaningful in themselves. In NDN, each data object is
*semantically* named. Importantly, the data names are used for
security - to establish trust relations between data and data
producers using well-defined naming rules.


It could be valuable to provide some pages comparing NDN to different
protocols / architectures:

   - IP, of course
   - IPFS, which people have mentioned a few times on this list in the past
   - CCNx (I thought NDN was the successor, but IETF still seems to be
   discussing CCNx on their ICN Research Group discussion list?)

This could be in the form of a table of features, or just a written
explanation.


P.S. Did anyone reply to anything or send messages over the weekend? It
looked like the mailing list server went down



On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM Ender Minyard via Ndn-interest
<ndn-interest at lists.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I came across Named Data Networking in this piece of writing which seemed
to claim that Named Data Networking can address the issue of excessive
energy consumption. From an initial impression, the content delivery
strategy of the protocol reminds me of IPFS CIDs. Is this over-simplified
understanding of Named Data Networking accurate whatsoever?
>
> I did see that there are publications on the website, but I would like to
develop a lay person's understanding of the protocol before getting into
details. I would also like to figure out about other networking protocols
that [are/can be] designed to reduce energy consumption.
>
> I have read the executive summary - if there is another beginner-friendly
resource that you would recommend, please let me know.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Ender
>
>
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