The Internet is used for data transfer, where the client and the server communicate through IP addresses, leading to P2P communication. The data across a network being a vital component, the focus is more on the data than the location of the data. Hence, the IP address that designates the server hosting the data is of less significance. As IP is facing challenges to capture the internet community, content-centric networking platforms such as Named Data Networking have emerged as content-based networks. NDN permits user to request data without awareness of the server and manages memory consumption, protection and flexibility issues more efficient than the current IP-based Internet. NDN is a progressive worldwide reclassifying architecture that provides the notion of information transmission over networks. This survey aims to foster the essential ideas of Named Data Networking, investigating its assorted applications, and address the difficulties and future headings in the realtime NDN. Further the correlation between IPv6 and NDN has been examined. These essentially highlight the importance of the NDN and the potential for improving administration and security of web.