diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6df1dda..7d98819 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@
 
 # Mac OSX
 .DS_Store
+
+# waf build system
+.waf*
+.lock*
+build/
+waf-tools/*.pyc
diff --git a/include/ndn-cpp/common.hpp b/include/ndn-cpp/common.hpp
index 1af6cf2..c43b2e5 100644
--- a/include/ndn-cpp/common.hpp
+++ b/include/ndn-cpp/common.hpp
@@ -12,16 +12,30 @@
 // common.h include ndn-cpp-config.h.
 #include "c/common.h"
 
+#if NDN_CPP_HAVE_CXX11
 // Depending on where ./configure found shared_ptr, define the ptr_lib namespace.
 // We always use ndn::ptr_lib.
-#if NDN_CPP_HAVE_STD_SHARED_PTR
+// #if NDN_CPP_HAVE_STD_SHARED_PTR
 #include <memory>
 namespace ndn { namespace ptr_lib = std; }
-#elif NDN_CPP_HAVE_BOOST_SHARED_PTR
+
+// #if NDN_CPP_HAVE_STD_FUNCTION
+#include <functional>
+namespace ndn { namespace func_lib = std; }
+
+#elif NDN_CPP_USE_SYSTEM_BOOST
+
+// #if NDN_CPP_HAVE_BOOST_SHARED_PTR
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 namespace ndn { namespace ptr_lib = boost; }
-#else
+
+// #if NDN_CPP_HAVE_BOOST_FUNCTION
+#include <boost/function.hpp>
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+namespace ndn { namespace func_lib = boost; }
+
+#else // use embedded boost headers
 /* Use the boost header files in this distribution that were extracted with:
 cd <BOOST DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY WITH boost SUBDIRECTORY>
 dist/bin/bcp --namespace=ndnboost shared_ptr make_shared weak_ptr function bind any iostreams <NDN-CPP ROOT>/include
@@ -46,24 +60,15 @@
 #include <ndnboost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <ndnboost/make_shared.hpp>
 namespace ndn { namespace ptr_lib = ndnboost; }
-#endif
 
-// Depending on where ./configure found function, define the func_lib namespace.
-// We always use ndn::func_lib.
-#if NDN_CPP_HAVE_STD_FUNCTION
-#include <functional>
-namespace ndn { namespace func_lib = std; }
-#elif NDN_CPP_HAVE_BOOST_FUNCTION
-#include <boost/function.hpp>
-#include <boost/bind.hpp>
-namespace ndn { namespace func_lib = boost; }
-#else
 // Use the boost header files in this distribution that were extracted as above:
 #include <ndnboost/function.hpp>
 #include <ndnboost/bind.hpp>
 namespace ndn { namespace func_lib = ndnboost; }
+
 #endif
 
+
 namespace ndn {
 
 /**
diff --git a/waf b/waf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f916f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf
Binary files differ
diff --git a/waf-tools/boost.py b/waf-tools/boost.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29be613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf-tools/boost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# partially based on boost.py written by Gernot Vormayr
+# written by Ruediger Sonderfeld <ruediger@c-plusplus.de>, 2008
+# modified by Bjoern Michaelsen, 2008
+# modified by Luca Fossati, 2008
+# rewritten for waf 1.5.1, Thomas Nagy, 2008
+# rewritten for waf 1.6.2, Sylvain Rouquette, 2011
+
+'''
+
+This is an extra tool, not bundled with the default waf binary.
+To add the boost tool to the waf file:
+$ ./waf-light --tools=compat15,boost
+	or, if you have waf >= 1.6.2
+$ ./waf update --files=boost
+
+When using this tool, the wscript will look like:
+
+	def options(opt):
+		opt.load('compiler_cxx boost')
+
+	def configure(conf):
+		conf.load('compiler_cxx boost')
+		conf.check_boost(lib='system filesystem')
+
+	def build(bld):
+		bld(source='main.cpp', target='app', use='BOOST')
+
+Options are generated, in order to specify the location of boost includes/libraries.
+The `check_boost` configuration function allows to specify the used boost libraries.
+It can also provide default arguments to the --boost-static and --boost-mt command-line arguments.
+Everything will be packaged together in a BOOST component that you can use.
+
+When using MSVC, a lot of compilation flags need to match your BOOST build configuration:
+ - you may have to add /EHsc to your CXXFLAGS or define boost::throw_exception if BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS is defined.
+   Errors: C4530
+ - boost libraries will try to be smart and use the (pretty but often not useful) auto-linking feature of MSVC
+   So before calling `conf.check_boost` you might want to disabling by adding:
+   	conf.env.DEFINES_BOOST += ['BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB']
+   Errors: 
+ - boost might also be compiled with /MT, which links the runtime statically.
+   If you have problems with redefined symbols, 
+		self.env['DEFINES_%s' % var] += ['BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB']
+		self.env['CXXFLAGS_%s' % var] += ['/MD', '/EHsc']
+Passing `--boost-linkage_autodetect` might help ensuring having a correct linkage in some basic cases.
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+import re
+from waflib import Utils, Logs, Errors
+from waflib.Configure import conf
+
+BOOST_LIBS = ['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib', '/opt/local/lib', '/sw/lib', '/lib']
+BOOST_INCLUDES = ['/usr/include', '/usr/local/include', '/opt/local/include', '/sw/include']
+BOOST_VERSION_FILE = 'boost/version.hpp'
+BOOST_VERSION_CODE = '''
+#include <iostream>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+int main() { std::cout << BOOST_LIB_VERSION << std::endl; }
+'''
+
+# toolsets from {boost_dir}/tools/build/v2/tools/common.jam
+PLATFORM = Utils.unversioned_sys_platform()
+detect_intel = lambda env: (PLATFORM == 'win32') and 'iw' or 'il'
+detect_clang = lambda env: (PLATFORM == 'darwin') and 'clang-darwin' or 'clang'
+detect_mingw = lambda env: (re.search('MinGW', env.CXX[0])) and 'mgw' or 'gcc'
+BOOST_TOOLSETS = {
+	'borland':  'bcb',
+	'clang':	detect_clang,
+	'como':	 'como',
+	'cw':	   'cw',
+	'darwin':   'xgcc',
+	'edg':	  'edg',
+	'g++':	  detect_mingw,
+	'gcc':	  detect_mingw,
+	'icpc':	 detect_intel,
+	'intel':	detect_intel,
+	'kcc':	  'kcc',
+	'kylix':	'bck',
+	'mipspro':  'mp',
+	'mingw':	'mgw',
+	'msvc':	 'vc',
+	'qcc':	  'qcc',
+	'sun':	  'sw',
+	'sunc++':   'sw',
+	'tru64cxx': 'tru',
+	'vacpp':	'xlc'
+}
+
+
+def options(opt):
+        opt = opt.add_option_group('Boost Options')
+    
+	opt.add_option('--boost-includes', type='string',
+				   default='', dest='boost_includes',
+				   help='''path to the boost includes root (~boost root)
+				   e.g. /path/to/boost_1_47_0''')
+	opt.add_option('--boost-libs', type='string',
+				   default='', dest='boost_libs',
+				   help='''path to the directory where the boost libs are
+				   e.g. /path/to/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib''')
+	opt.add_option('--boost-static', action='store_true',
+				   default=False, dest='boost_static',
+				   help='link with static boost libraries (.lib/.a)')
+	opt.add_option('--boost-mt', action='store_true',
+				   default=False, dest='boost_mt',
+				   help='select multi-threaded libraries')
+	opt.add_option('--boost-abi', type='string', default='', dest='boost_abi',
+				   help='''select libraries with tags (dgsyp, d for debug),
+				   see doc Boost, Getting Started, chapter 6.1''')
+	opt.add_option('--boost-linkage_autodetect', action="store_true", dest='boost_linkage_autodetect',
+				   help="auto-detect boost linkage options (don't get used to it / might break other stuff)")
+	opt.add_option('--boost-toolset', type='string',
+				   default='', dest='boost_toolset',
+				   help='force a toolset e.g. msvc, vc90, \
+						gcc, mingw, mgw45 (default: auto)')
+	py_version = '%d%d' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
+	opt.add_option('--boost-python', type='string',
+				   default=py_version, dest='boost_python',
+				   help='select the lib python with this version \
+						(default: %s)' % py_version)
+
+
+@conf
+def __boost_get_version_file(self, d):
+	dnode = self.root.find_dir(d)
+	if dnode:
+		return dnode.find_node(BOOST_VERSION_FILE)
+	return None
+
+@conf
+def boost_get_version(self, d):
+	"""silently retrieve the boost version number"""
+	node = self.__boost_get_version_file(d)
+	if node:
+		try:
+			txt = node.read()
+		except (OSError, IOError):
+			Logs.error("Could not read the file %r" % node.abspath())
+		else:
+			re_but = re.compile('^#define\\s+BOOST_LIB_VERSION\\s+"(.*)"', re.M)
+			m = re_but.search(txt)
+			if m:
+				return m.group(1)
+	return self.check_cxx(fragment=BOOST_VERSION_CODE, includes=[d], execute=True, define_ret=True)
+
+@conf
+def boost_get_includes(self, *k, **kw):
+	includes = k and k[0] or kw.get('includes', None)
+	if includes and self.__boost_get_version_file(includes):
+		return includes
+	for d in Utils.to_list(self.environ.get('INCLUDE', '')) + BOOST_INCLUDES:
+		if self.__boost_get_version_file(d):
+			return d
+	if includes:
+		self.end_msg('headers not found in %s' % includes)
+		self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+	else:
+		self.end_msg('headers not found, please provide a --boost-includes argument (see help)')
+		self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+
+
+@conf
+def boost_get_toolset(self, cc):
+	toolset = cc
+	if not cc:
+		build_platform = Utils.unversioned_sys_platform()
+		if build_platform in BOOST_TOOLSETS:
+			cc = build_platform
+		else:
+			cc = self.env.CXX_NAME
+	if cc in BOOST_TOOLSETS:
+		toolset = BOOST_TOOLSETS[cc]
+	return isinstance(toolset, str) and toolset or toolset(self.env)
+
+
+@conf
+def __boost_get_libs_path(self, *k, **kw):
+	''' return the lib path and all the files in it '''
+	if 'files' in kw:
+		return self.root.find_dir('.'), Utils.to_list(kw['files'])
+	libs = k and k[0] or kw.get('libs', None)
+	if libs:
+		path = self.root.find_dir(libs)
+		files = path.ant_glob('*boost_*')
+	if not libs or not files:
+		for d in Utils.to_list(self.environ.get('LIB', [])) + BOOST_LIBS:
+			path = self.root.find_dir(d)
+			if path:
+				files = path.ant_glob('*boost_*')
+				if files:
+					break
+			path = self.root.find_dir(d + '64')
+			if path:
+				files = path.ant_glob('*boost_*')
+				if files:
+					break
+	if not path:
+		if libs:
+			self.end_msg('libs not found in %s' % libs)
+			self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+		else:
+			self.end_msg('libs not found, please provide a --boost-libs argument (see help)')
+			self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+
+	self.to_log('Found the boost path in %r with the libraries:' % path)
+	for x in files:
+		self.to_log('    %r' % x)
+	return path, files
+
+@conf
+def boost_get_libs(self, *k, **kw):
+	'''
+	return the lib path and the required libs
+	according to the parameters
+	'''
+	path, files = self.__boost_get_libs_path(**kw)
+	t = []
+	if kw.get('mt', False):
+		t.append('mt')
+	if kw.get('abi', None):
+		t.append(kw['abi'])
+	tags = t and '(-%s)+' % '-'.join(t) or ''
+	toolset = self.boost_get_toolset(kw.get('toolset', ''))
+	toolset_pat = '(-%s[0-9]{0,3})+' % toolset
+	version = '(-%s)+' % self.env.BOOST_VERSION
+
+	def find_lib(re_lib, files):
+		for file in files:
+			if re_lib.search(file.name):
+				self.to_log('Found boost lib %s' % file)
+				return file
+		return None
+
+	def format_lib_name(name):
+		if name.startswith('lib') and self.env.CC_NAME != 'msvc':
+			name = name[3:]
+		return name[:name.rfind('.')]
+
+	libs = []
+	for lib in Utils.to_list(k and k[0] or kw.get('lib', None)):
+		py = (lib == 'python') and '(-py%s)+' % kw['python'] or ''
+		# Trying libraries, from most strict match to least one
+		for pattern in ['boost_%s%s%s%s%s' % (lib, toolset_pat, tags, py, version),
+						'boost_%s%s%s%s' % (lib, tags, py, version),
+						'boost_%s%s%s' % (lib, tags, version),
+						# Give up trying to find the right version
+						'boost_%s%s%s%s' % (lib, toolset_pat, tags, py),
+						'boost_%s%s%s' % (lib, tags, py),
+						'boost_%s%s' % (lib, tags)]:
+			self.to_log('Trying pattern %s' % pattern)
+			file = find_lib(re.compile(pattern), files)
+			if file:
+				libs.append(format_lib_name(file.name))
+				break
+		else:
+			self.end_msg('lib %s not found in %s' % (lib, path.abspath()))
+			self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+
+	return path.abspath(), libs
+
+
+@conf
+def check_boost(self, *k, **kw):
+	"""
+	Initialize boost libraries to be used.
+
+	Keywords: you can pass the same parameters as with the command line (without "--boost-").
+	Note that the command line has the priority, and should preferably be used.
+	"""
+	if not self.env['CXX']:
+		self.fatal('load a c++ compiler first, conf.load("compiler_cxx")')
+
+	params = {'lib': k and k[0] or kw.get('lib', None)}
+	for key, value in self.options.__dict__.items():
+		if not key.startswith('boost_'):
+			continue
+		key = key[len('boost_'):]
+		params[key] = value and value or kw.get(key, '')
+
+	var = kw.get('uselib_store', 'BOOST')
+
+	self.start_msg('Checking boost includes')
+	self.env['INCLUDES_%s' % var] = inc = self.boost_get_includes(**params)
+	self.env.BOOST_VERSION = self.boost_get_version(inc)
+	self.end_msg(self.env.BOOST_VERSION)
+	if Logs.verbose:
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN', '	path : %s' % self.env['INCLUDES_%s' % var])
+
+	if not params['lib']:
+		return
+	self.start_msg('Checking boost libs')
+	suffix = params.get('static', None) and 'ST' or ''
+	path, libs = self.boost_get_libs(**params)
+	self.env['%sLIBPATH_%s' % (suffix, var)] = [path]
+	self.env['%sLIB_%s' % (suffix, var)] = libs
+	self.end_msg('ok')
+	if Logs.verbose:
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN', '	path : %s' % path)
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN', '	libs : %s' % libs)
+
+
+	def try_link():
+		if 'system' in params['lib']:
+			self.check_cxx(
+			 fragment="\n".join([
+			  '#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>',
+			  'int main() { boost::system::error_code c; }',
+			 ]),
+			 use=var,
+			 execute=False,
+			)
+		if 'thread' in params['lib']:
+			self.check_cxx(
+			 fragment="\n".join([
+			  '#include <boost/thread.hpp>',
+			  'int main() { boost::thread t; }',
+			 ]),
+			 use=var,
+			 execute=False,
+			)
+
+	if params.get('linkage_autodetect', False):
+		self.start_msg("Attempting to detect boost linkage flags")
+		toolset = self.boost_get_toolset(kw.get('toolset', ''))
+		if toolset in ['vc']:
+			# disable auto-linking feature, causing error LNK1181
+			# because the code wants to be linked against
+			self.env['DEFINES_%s' % var] += ['BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB']
+
+			# if no dlls are present, we guess the .lib files are not stubs
+			has_dlls = False
+			for x in Utils.listdir(path):
+				if x.endswith(self.env.cxxshlib_PATTERN % ''):
+					has_dlls = True
+					break
+			if not has_dlls:
+				self.env['STLIBPATH_%s' % var] = [path]
+				self.env['STLIB_%s' % var] = libs
+				del self.env['LIB_%s' % var]
+				del self.env['LIBPATH_%s' % var]
+
+			# we attempt to play with some known-to-work CXXFLAGS combinations
+			for cxxflags in (['/MD', '/EHsc'], []):
+				self.env.stash()
+				self.env["CXXFLAGS_%s" % var] += cxxflags
+				try:
+					try_link()
+					self.end_msg("ok: winning cxxflags combination: %s" % (self.env["CXXFLAGS_%s" % var]))
+					e = None
+					break
+				except Errors.ConfigurationError as exc:
+					self.env.revert()
+					e = exc
+
+			if e is not None:
+				self.end_msg("Could not auto-detect boost linking flags combination, you may report it to boost.py author", ex=e)
+				self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+		else:
+			self.end_msg("Boost linkage flags auto-detection not implemented (needed ?) for this toolchain")
+			self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+	else:
+		self.start_msg('Checking for boost linkage')
+		try:
+			try_link()
+		except Errors.ConfigurationError as e:
+			self.end_msg("Could not link against boost libraries using supplied options")
+			self.fatal('The configuration failed')
+		self.end_msg('ok')
+
diff --git a/waf-tools/cryptopp.py b/waf-tools/cryptopp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b61c0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf-tools/cryptopp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+'''
+
+When using this tool, the wscript will look like:
+
+	def options(opt):
+	        opt.tool_options('cryptopp', tooldir=["waf-tools"])
+
+	def configure(conf):
+		conf.load('compiler_cxx cryptopp')
+
+	def build(bld):
+		bld(source='main.cpp', target='app', use='CRYPTOPP')
+
+Options are generated, in order to specify the location of cryptopp includes/libraries.
+
+
+'''
+import sys
+import re
+from waflib import Utils,Logs,Errors
+from waflib.Configure import conf
+CRYPTOPP_DIR=['/usr','/usr/local','/opt/local','/sw']
+CRYPTOPP_VERSION_FILE='config.h'
+CRYPTOPP_VERSION_CODE='''
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cryptopp/config.h>
+int main() { std::cout << CRYPTOPP_VERSION; }
+'''
+
+def options(opt):
+	opt.add_option('--cryptopp',type='string',default='',dest='cryptopp_dir',help='''path to where cryptopp is installed, e.g. /opt/local''')
+@conf
+def __cryptopp_get_version_file(self,dir):
+	try:
+		return self.root.find_dir(dir).find_node('%s/%s' % ('include/cryptopp', CRYPTOPP_VERSION_FILE))
+	except:
+		return None
+@conf
+def cryptopp_get_version(self,dir):
+	val=self.check_cxx(fragment=CRYPTOPP_VERSION_CODE,includes=['%s/%s' % (dir, 'include')], execute=True, define_ret = True, mandatory=True)
+	return val
+@conf
+def cryptopp_get_root(self,*k,**kw):
+	root=k and k[0]or kw.get('path',None)
+	# Logs.pprint ('RED', '   %s' %root)
+	if root and self.__cryptopp_get_version_file(root):
+		return root
+	for dir in CRYPTOPP_DIR:
+		if self.__cryptopp_get_version_file(dir):
+			return dir
+	if root:
+		self.fatal('CryptoPP not found in %s'%root)
+	else:
+		self.fatal('CryptoPP not found, please provide a --cryptopp argument (see help)')
+@conf
+def check_cryptopp(self,*k,**kw):
+	if not self.env['CXX']:
+		self.fatal('load a c++ compiler first, conf.load("compiler_cxx")')
+
+	var=kw.get('uselib_store','CRYPTOPP')
+	self.start_msg('Checking CRYPTOPP')
+	root = self.cryptopp_get_root(*k,**kw)
+	self.env.CRYPTOPP_VERSION=self.cryptopp_get_version(root)
+
+	self.env['INCLUDES_%s'%var]= '%s/%s' % (root, "include")
+	self.env['LIB_%s'%var] = "cryptopp"
+	self.env['LIBPATH_%s'%var] = '%s/%s' % (root, "lib")
+
+	self.end_msg(self.env.CRYPTOPP_VERSION)
+	if Logs.verbose:
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	CRYPTOPP include : %s'%self.env['INCLUDES_%s'%var])
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	CRYPTOPP lib     : %s'%self.env['LIB_%s'%var])
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	CRYPTOPP libpath : %s'%self.env['LIBPATH_%s'%var])
+
diff --git a/waf-tools/doxygen.py b/waf-tools/doxygen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07014ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf-tools/doxygen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# Thomas Nagy 2008-2010 (ita)
+
+"""
+
+Doxygen support
+
+Variables passed to bld():
+* doxyfile -- the Doxyfile to use
+
+ported from waf 1.5 (incomplete)
+"""
+
+from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
+import os, os.path, re, stat
+from waflib import Task, Utils, Node, Logs
+from waflib.TaskGen import feature
+
+DOXY_STR = '${DOXYGEN} - '
+DOXY_FMTS = 'html latex man rft xml'.split()
+DOXY_FILE_PATTERNS = '*.' + ' *.'.join('''
+c cc cxx cpp c++ java ii ixx ipp i++ inl h hh hxx hpp h++ idl odl cs php php3
+inc m mm py f90c cc cxx cpp c++ java ii ixx ipp i++ inl h hh hxx
+'''.split())
+
+re_rl = re.compile('\\\\\r*\n', re.MULTILINE)
+re_nl = re.compile('\r*\n', re.M)
+def parse_doxy(txt):
+	tbl = {}
+	txt   = re_rl.sub('', txt)
+	lines = re_nl.split(txt)
+	for x in lines:
+		x = x.strip()
+		if not x or x.startswith('#') or x.find('=') < 0:
+			continue
+		if x.find('+=') >= 0:
+			tmp = x.split('+=')
+			key = tmp[0].strip()
+			if key in tbl:
+				tbl[key] += ' ' + '+='.join(tmp[1:]).strip()
+			else:
+				tbl[key] = '+='.join(tmp[1:]).strip()
+		else:
+			tmp = x.split('=')
+			tbl[tmp[0].strip()] = '='.join(tmp[1:]).strip()
+	return tbl
+
+class doxygen(Task.Task):
+	vars  = ['DOXYGEN', 'DOXYFLAGS']
+	color = 'BLUE'
+
+	def runnable_status(self):
+		'''
+		self.pars are populated in runnable_status - because this function is being
+		run *before* both self.pars "consumers" - scan() and run()
+
+		set output_dir (node) for the output
+		'''
+
+		for x in self.run_after:
+			if not x.hasrun:
+				return Task.ASK_LATER
+
+		if not getattr(self, 'pars', None):
+			txt = self.inputs[0].read()
+			self.pars = parse_doxy(txt)
+			if not self.pars.get('OUTPUT_DIRECTORY'):
+				self.pars['OUTPUT_DIRECTORY'] = self.inputs[0].parent.get_bld().abspath()
+
+			self.doxy_inputs = getattr(self, 'doxy_inputs', [])
+			if not self.pars.get('INPUT'):
+				self.doxy_inputs.append(self.inputs[0].parent)
+			else:
+				for i in self.pars.get('INPUT').split():
+					if os.path.isabs(i):
+						node = self.generator.bld.root.find_node(i)
+					else:
+						node = self.generator.path.find_node(i)
+					if not node:
+						self.generator.bld.fatal('Could not find the doxygen input %r' % i)
+					self.doxy_inputs.append(node)
+
+		if not getattr(self, 'output_dir', None):
+			bld = self.generator.bld
+			# First try to find an absolute path, then find or declare a relative path
+			self.output_dir = bld.root.find_dir(self.pars['OUTPUT_DIRECTORY'])
+			if not self.output_dir:
+				self.output_dir = bld.path.find_or_declare(self.pars['OUTPUT_DIRECTORY'])
+
+		self.signature()
+		return Task.Task.runnable_status(self)
+
+	def scan(self):
+		if self.pars.get('RECURSIVE') == 'YES':
+			Logs.warn("Doxygen RECURSIVE dependencies are not supported")
+
+		exclude_patterns = self.pars.get('EXCLUDE_PATTERNS', '').split()
+		file_patterns = self.pars.get('FILE_PATTERNS', '').split()
+		if not file_patterns:
+			file_patterns = DOXY_FILE_PATTERNS
+
+		nodes = []
+		names = []
+		for node in self.doxy_inputs:
+			if os.path.isdir(node.abspath()):
+				for m in node.ant_glob(file_patterns):
+					nodes.append(m)
+			else:
+				nodes.append(node)
+		return (nodes, names)
+
+	def run(self):
+		dct = self.pars.copy()
+		# TODO will break if paths have spaces
+		dct['INPUT'] = ' '.join([x.abspath() for x in self.doxy_inputs])
+		code = '\n'.join(['%s = %s' % (x, dct[x]) for x in self.pars])
+		code = code.encode() # for python 3
+		#fmt = DOXY_STR % (self.inputs[0].parent.abspath())
+		cmd = Utils.subst_vars(DOXY_STR, self.env)
+		env = self.env.env or None
+		proc = Utils.subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=Utils.subprocess.PIPE, env=env, cwd=self.generator.bld.path.get_bld().abspath())
+		proc.communicate(code)
+		return proc.returncode
+
+	def post_run(self):
+		nodes = self.output_dir.ant_glob('**/*', quiet=True)
+		for x in nodes:
+			x.sig = Utils.h_file(x.abspath())
+		self.outputs += nodes
+		return Task.Task.post_run(self)
+
+class tar(Task.Task):
+	"quick tar creation"
+	run_str = '${TAR} ${TAROPTS} ${TGT} ${SRC}'
+	color   = 'RED'
+	after   = ['doxygen']
+	def runnable_status(self):
+		for x in getattr(self, 'input_tasks', []):
+			if not x.hasrun:
+				return Task.ASK_LATER
+
+		if not getattr(self, 'tar_done_adding', None):
+			# execute this only once
+			self.tar_done_adding = True
+			for x in getattr(self, 'input_tasks', []):
+				self.set_inputs(x.outputs)
+			if not self.inputs:
+				return Task.SKIP_ME
+		return Task.Task.runnable_status(self)
+
+	def __str__(self):
+		tgt_str = ' '.join([a.nice_path(self.env) for a in self.outputs])
+		return '%s: %s\n' % (self.__class__.__name__, tgt_str)
+
+@feature('doxygen')
+def process_doxy(self):
+	if not getattr(self, 'doxyfile', None):
+		self.generator.bld.fatal('no doxyfile??')
+
+	node = self.doxyfile
+	if not isinstance(node, Node.Node):
+		node = self.path.find_resource(node)
+	if not node:
+		raise ValueError('doxygen file not found')
+
+	# the task instance
+	dsk = self.create_task('doxygen', node)
+
+	if getattr(self, 'doxy_tar', None):
+		tsk = self.create_task('tar')
+		tsk.input_tasks = [dsk]
+		tsk.set_outputs(self.path.find_or_declare(self.doxy_tar))
+		if self.doxy_tar.endswith('bz2'):
+			tsk.env['TAROPTS'] = ['cjf']
+		elif self.doxy_tar.endswith('gz'):
+			tsk.env['TAROPTS'] = ['czf']
+		else:
+			tsk.env['TAROPTS'] = ['cf']
+
+def configure(conf):
+	conf.find_program('doxygen', var='DOXYGEN')
+	conf.find_program('tar', var='TAR')
+
diff --git a/waf-tools/openssl.py b/waf-tools/openssl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f599a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf-tools/openssl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+'''
+
+When using this tool, the wscript will look like:
+
+	def options(opt):
+	        opt.tool_options('openssl')
+
+	def configure(conf):
+		conf.load('compiler_c openssl')
+
+                conf.check_openssl()
+
+	def build(bld):
+		bld(source='main.cpp', target='app', use='OPENSSL')
+
+'''
+
+from waflib import Options
+from waflib.Configure import conf
+
+@conf
+def check_openssl(self,*k,**kw):
+        root = k and k[0] or kw.get('path',None) or Options.options.with_openssl
+        mandatory = kw.get('mandatory', True)
+        var = kw.get('var', 'OPENSSL')
+
+        CODE = """
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	(void)argc;
+        printf ("%s", argv[0]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+"""
+        if root:
+                libcrypto = self.check_cc (lib=['ssl', 'crypto'],
+                                           header_name='openssl/crypto.h',
+                                           define_name='HAVE_%s' % var,
+                                           uselib_store=var,
+                                           mandatory = mandatory,
+                                           cflags="-I%s/include" % root,
+                                           linkflags="-L%s/lib" % root,
+                                           execute = True, fragment = CODE, define_ret = True)
+        else:
+                libcrypto = self.check_cc (lib=['ssl', 'crypto'],
+                                           header_name='openssl/crypto.h',
+                                           define_name='HAVE_%s' % var,
+                                           uselib_store=var,
+                                           mandatory = mandatory,
+                                           execute = True, fragment = CODE, define_ret = True)
+
+def options(opt):
+        opt.add_option('--with-openssl',type='string',default='',dest='with_openssl',help='''Path to OpenSSL''')
diff --git a/waf-tools/sphinx_build.py b/waf-tools/sphinx_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1155d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waf-tools/sphinx_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, 2012
+
+"""
+Create Sphinx documentation. Currently only LaTeX and HTML are supported.
+
+The source file **must** be the conf.py file used by Sphinx. Everything
+else has defaults, passing in the parameters is optional.
+
+Usage for getting both html and pdf docs:
+
+    ctx(features='sphinx', source='docs/conf.py')
+    ctx(features='sphinx', source='docs/conf.py', buildername='latex')
+
+Optional parameters and their defaults:
+
+    * buildername: html
+    * srcdir: confdir (the directory where conf.py lives)
+    * outdir: confdir/buildername (in the build directory tree)
+    * doctreedir: outdir/.doctrees
+    * type: pdflatex (only applies to 'latex' builder)
+
+"""
+
+
+import os
+from waflib import Task, TaskGen, Errors, Logs
+
+class RunSphinxBuild(Task.Task):
+	def scan(self):
+		"""Use Sphinx' internal environment to find the dependencies."""
+		s = self.sphinx_instance
+		msg, dummy, iterator = s.env.update(s.config, s.srcdir, s.doctreedir, s)
+		s.info(msg)
+		dep_nodes = []
+		for docname in s.builder.status_iterator(iterator, "reading sources... "):
+			filename = docname + s.config.source_suffix
+			dep_nodes.append(self.srcdir.find_node(filename))
+		for dep in s.env.dependencies.values():
+			# Need the 'str' call because Sphinx might return Unicode strings.
+			[dep_nodes.append(self.srcdir.find_node(str(d))) for d in dep]
+		return (dep_nodes, [])
+
+	def run(self):
+		"""Run the Sphinx build."""
+		self.sphinx_instance.build(force_all=False, filenames=None)
+		return None
+
+	def post_run(self):
+		"""Add everything found in the output directory tree as an output.
+		Not elegant, but pragmatic."""
+		for n in self.outdir.ant_glob("**", quiet=True, remove=False):
+			if n not in self.outputs: self.set_outputs(n)
+		super(RunSphinxBuild, self).post_run()
+
+
+def _get_main_targets(tg, s):
+	"""Return some easy targets known from the Sphinx build environment **s.env**."""
+	out_dir = tg.bld.root.find_node(s.outdir)
+	tgt_nodes = []
+	if s.builder.name == "latex":
+		for tgt_info in s.env.config.latex_documents:
+			tgt_nodes.append(out_dir.find_or_declare(tgt_info[1]))
+	elif s.builder.name == "html":
+		suffix = getattr(s.env.config, "html_file_suffix", ".html")
+		tgt_name = s.env.config.master_doc + suffix
+		tgt_nodes.append(out_dir.find_or_declare(tgt_name))
+	else:
+		raise Errors.WafError("Sphinx builder not implemented: %s" % s.builder.name)
+	return tgt_nodes
+
+
+@TaskGen.feature("sphinx")
+@TaskGen.before_method("process_source")
+def apply_sphinx(tg):
+	"""Set up the task generator with a Sphinx instance and create a task."""
+
+        from sphinx.application import Sphinx
+
+	# Put together the configuration based on defaults and tg attributes.
+	conf = tg.path.find_node(tg.source)
+	confdir = conf.parent.abspath()
+	buildername = getattr(tg, "buildername", "html")
+	srcdir = getattr(tg, "srcdir", confdir)
+	outdir = tg.path.find_or_declare (getattr(tg, "outdir", os.path.join(conf.parent.get_bld().abspath(), buildername))).abspath ()
+        
+	doctreedir = getattr(tg, "doctreedir", os.path.join(outdir, ".doctrees"))
+
+	# Set up the Sphinx instance.
+	s = Sphinx (srcdir, confdir, outdir, doctreedir, buildername, status=None)
+
+	# Get the main targets of the Sphinx build.
+	tgt_nodes = _get_main_targets(tg, s)
+
+	# Create the task and set the required attributes.  
+	task = tg.create_task("RunSphinxBuild", src=conf, tgt=tgt_nodes)
+	task.srcdir = tg.bld.root.find_node(s.srcdir)
+	task.outdir = tg.bld.root.find_node(s.outdir)
+	task.sphinx_instance = s
+
+	# Build pdf if we have the LaTeX builder, allow for building with xelatex.
+	if s.builder.name == "latex":
+		compile_type = getattr(tg, "type", "pdflatex")
+		tg.bld(features="tex", type=compile_type, source=tgt_nodes, name="sphinx_pdf", prompt=0)
+
+	# Bypass the execution of process_source by setting the source to an empty list
+	tg.source = []
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa9112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wscript
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+VERSION='0.3~dev0'
+NAME="ndn-cpp-dev"
+
+from waflib import Build, Logs, Utils, Task, TaskGen, Configure
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.load('compiler_c compiler_cxx gnu_dirs c_osx')
+    opt.load('boost doxygen openssl cryptopp', tooldir=['waf-tools'])
+
+    opt = opt.add_option_group('NDN-CPP Options')
+
+    opt.add_option('--debug',action='store_true',default=False,dest='debug',help='''debugging mode''')
+    opt.add_option('--test', action='store_true',default=False,dest='_test',help='''build unit tests''')
+    opt.add_option('--log4cxx', action='store_true',default=False,dest='log4cxx',help='''Compile with log4cxx logging support''')
+    opt.add_option('--private_storage', dest='private_storage', default='opt', help='''simple for SimplePrivatekeyStorage; osx for OSXPrivatekeyStorage; opt for optimal one based on system (default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--public_storage', dest='public_storage', default='opt', help='''basic for BasicIdentityStorage; opt for optimal one based on system (default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--policy_manager', dest='policy_manager', default='opt', help='''none for NoVerifyPolicyManager; opt for optimal one based on system (default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--encrypt_manager', dest='encrypt_manager', default='opt', help='''basic for BasicEncryptionManager; opt for optimal one based on system (default)''')
+
+    opt.add_option('--no-c++11', action='store_false', default=True, dest='use_cxx11',
+                   help='''Do not use C++11 features, even if available in the compiler''')
+    opt.add_option('--use-system-boost', action='store_true', default=False, dest='use_system_boost',
+                   help='''Use system's boost libraries''')
+
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load("compiler_c compiler_cxx boost gnu_dirs c_osx openssl cryptopp")
+    try:
+        conf.load("doxygen")
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    if conf.options._test:
+        conf.define ('_TESTS', 1)
+        conf.env['TEST'] = True
+
+    # Optional functions
+    for func in ['memcmp', 'memcpy', 'memset']:
+        conf.check(function_name=func, header_name='string.h', mandatory=False)
+
+    # Mandatory functions
+    for func in ['strchr', 'sscanf']:
+        conf.check(function_name=func, header_name=['string.h', 'stdio.h'])
+
+    # Mandatory headers
+    for header in ['time.h', 'sys/time.h']:
+        conf.check(header_name=header)
+
+    conf.check(function_name='gettimeofday', header_name=['time.h', 'sys/time.h'])
+
+    conf.check_openssl()
+
+    if conf.options.debug:
+        conf.define ('_DEBUG', 1)
+        flags = ['-O0',
+                 '-Wall',
+                 '-Werror',
+                 '-Wno-unused-variable',
+                 '-g3',
+                 '-Wno-unused-private-field', # only clang supports
+                 '-fcolor-diagnostics',       # only clang supports
+                 '-Qunused-arguments',        # only clang supports
+                 '-Wno-tautological-compare', # suppress warnings from CryptoPP
+                 '-Wno-unused-function',      # another annoying warning from CryptoPP
+
+                 '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
+                 ]
+
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = flags)
+        conf.add_supported_cflags (cflags = flags)
+    else:
+        flags = ['-O3', '-g', '-Wno-tautological-compare', '-Wno-unused-function', '-Wno-deprecated-declarations']
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = flags)
+        conf.add_supported_cflags (cxxflags = flags)
+
+    if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
+        # if 'clang++' not in conf.env['CXX']:
+        #     conf.fatal('Use clang++ compiler (CXX=clang++ ./waf configure) on OSX platform')
+        #     return
+
+        conf.check_cxx(framework_name='CoreFoundation', uselib_store='OSX_COREFOUNDATION', mandatory=True)
+        # conf.check_cxx(framework_name='CoreServices', uselib_store='OSX_CORESERVICES', mandatory=True, compile_filename='test.mm')
+        # conf.check_cxx(framework_name='Security',   uselib_store='OSX_SECURITY',   define_name='HAVE_SECURITY',
+        #                use="OSX_COREFOUNDATION", mandatory=True, compile_filename='test.mm')
+
+    conf.check_security_parameter()
+
+    conf.define ("PACKAGE_BUGREPORT", "ndn-lib@lists.cs.ucla.edu")
+    conf.define ("PACKAGE_NAME", NAME)
+    conf.define ("PACKAGE_VERSION", VERSION)
+    conf.define ("PACKAGE_URL", "https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cpp")
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package='sqlite3', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='SQLITE3', mandatory=True)
+    # conf.check_cfg(package='libevent', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LIBEVENT', mandatory=True)
+    # conf.check_cfg(package='libevent_pthreads', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LIBEVENT_PTHREADS', mandatory=True)
+
+    if conf.options.log4cxx:
+        conf.check_cfg(package='liblog4cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LOG4CXX', mandatory=True)
+        conf.define ("HAVE_LOG4CXX", 1)
+
+    # conf.check_cryptopp(path=conf.options.cryptopp_dir)
+
+    if conf.options.use_cxx11:
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags(cxxflags = ['-std=c++11', '-std=c++0x'])
+
+        conf.check(msg='Checking for type std::shared_ptr',
+                   type_name="std::shared_ptr<int>", header_name="memory", define_name='HAVE_STD_SHARED_PTR')
+        conf.check(msg='Checking for type std::function',
+                   type_name="std::function<void()>", header_name="functional", define_name='HAVE_STD_FUNCTION')
+        conf.define('HAVE_CXX11', 1)
+    else:
+        if conf.options.use_system_boost:
+            USED_BOOST_LIBS = 'system iostreams'
+            if conf.env['TEST']:
+                USED_BOOST_LIBS += " test"
+
+            conf.check_boost(lib=USED_BOOST_LIBS)
+
+            boost_version = conf.env.BOOST_VERSION.split('_')
+            if int(boost_version[0]) > 1 or (int(boost_version[0]) == 1 and int(boost_version[1]) >= 46):
+                conf.env['USE_SYSTEM_BOOST'] = True
+                conf.define('USE_SYSTEM_BOOST', 1)
+
+    conf.write_config_header('include/ndn-cpp/ndn-cpp-config.h', define_prefix='NDN_CPP_')
+
+def build (bld):
+    libndn_cpp = bld (
+        target="ndn-cpp-dev",
+        vnum = "0.3.0",
+        features=['c', 'cxx', 'cxxshlib'],
+        source = bld.path.ant_glob(['src/**/*.cpp',
+                                    'src/**/*.c']),
+        use = 'BOOST OPENSSL LOG4CXX CRYPTOPP SQLITE3',
+        includes = ". include",
+        )
+
+    if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
+        libndn_cpp.mac_app = True
+        libndn_cpp.use += " OSX_COREFOUNDATION OSX_SECURITY"
+
+    # Unit tests
+    if bld.env['TEST']:
+      unittests = bld.program (
+          target="unit-tests",
+          features = "cxx cxxprogram",
+          defines = "WAF",
+          source = bld.path.ant_glob(['test/*.cc']),
+          use = 'BOOST BOOST_TEST OPENSSL LOG4CXX ndn.cxx CRYPTOPP',
+          includes = ".",
+          install_prefix = None,
+          )
+
+    headers = bld.path.ant_glob(['src/**/*.h'])
+    bld.install_files("%s/ndn-cpp" % bld.env['INCLUDEDIR'], headers, relative_trick=True, cwd=bld.path.find_node('src'))
+
+@Configure.conf
+def add_supported_cxxflags(self, cxxflags):
+    """
+    Check which cxxflags are supported by compiler and add them to env.CXXFLAGS variable
+    """
+    self.start_msg('Checking allowed flags for c++ compiler')
+
+    supportedFlags = []
+    for flag in cxxflags:
+        if self.check_cxx (cxxflags=[flag], mandatory=False):
+            supportedFlags += [flag]
+
+    self.end_msg (' '.join (supportedFlags))
+    self.env.CXXFLAGS += supportedFlags
+
+@Configure.conf
+def add_supported_cflags(self, cflags):
+    """
+    Check which cflags are supported by compiler and add them to env.CFLAGS variable
+    """
+    self.start_msg('Checking allowed flags for c compiler')
+
+    supportedFlags = []
+    for flag in cflags:
+        if self.check_cc (cflags=[flag], mandatory=False):
+            supportedFlags += [flag]
+
+    self.end_msg (' '.join (supportedFlags))
+    self.env.CFLAGS += supportedFlags
+
+@Configure.conf
+def check_security_parameter(self):
+    """
+    Check the security parameters
+    """
+    if self.options.private_storage == 'simple':
+        self.define ('USE_SIMPLE_PRIVATEKEY_STORAGE', 1)
+    elif self.options.private_storage == 'osx':
+        self.define ('USE_OSX_PRIVATEKEY_STORAGE', 1)
+    else:
+        if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
+            self.define ('USE_OSX_PRIVATEKEY_STORAGE', 1)
+        else:
+            self.define ('USE_SIMPLE_PRIVATEKEY_STORAGE', 1)
+
+    if self.options.public_storage == 'basic':
+        self.define ('USE_BASIC_IDENTITY_STORAGE', 1)
+    else:
+        self.define ('USE_BASIC_IDENTITY_STORAGE', 1)
+
+    if self.options.policy_manager == 'none':
+        self.define ('USE_NO_VERIFY_POLICY_MANAGER', 1)
+    else:
+        self.define ('USE_SIMPLE_POLICY_MANAGER', 1)
+
+    if self.options.encrypt_manager == 'basic':
+        self.define ('USE_BASIC_ENCRYPTION_MANAGER', 1)
+    else:
+        self.define ('USE_BASIC_ENCRYPTION_MANAGER', 1)
+
+
+# doxygen docs
+from waflib.Build import BuildContext
+class doxy (BuildContext):
+    cmd = "doxygen"
+    fun = "doxygen"
+
+def doxygen (bld):
+    if not bld.env.DOXYGEN:
+        bld.fatal ("ERROR: cannot build documentation (`doxygen' is not found in $PATH)")
+    bld (features="doxygen",
+         doxyfile='doc/doxygen.conf')
+
+# doxygen docs
+from waflib.Build import BuildContext
+class sphinx (BuildContext):
+    cmd = "sphinx"
+    fun = "sphinx"
+
+def sphinx (bld):
+    bld.load('sphinx_build', tooldir=['waf-tools'])
+
+    bld (features="sphinx",
+         outdir = "doc/html",
+         source = "doc/source/conf.py")
+
+@TaskGen.extension('.mm')
+def mm_hook(self, node):
+    """Alias .mm files to be compiled the same as .cc files, gcc will do the right thing."""
+    return self.create_compiled_task('cxx', node)