diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ea9d8b0..3caf65b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@
 (These are prerequisites to build NDN-CPP.  To do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system, 
  see Development Prerequisites.)
 
-Required: libcrypto
-Optional: libsqlite3 (for key storage)
-Optional: OSX Security framework (for key storage)
+Required: 
+
+* libcrypto
+* libsqlite3 
+* libcrypto++
+
+Optional: 
+
+* boost libraries (highly recommended)
+* OSX Security framework (for key storage)
 
 Following are the detailed steps for each platform to install the prerequisites.
 
@@ -19,10 +26,15 @@
 * Mac OS X 10.9
 Install Xcode.  (Xcode on OS X 10.9 seems to already have the Command Line Tools.)
 
+If using macports, dependencies can be installed using the following commands:
+
+    sudo port install boost sqlite3 libcryptopp
+
 * Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit), Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
 In a terminal, enter:
-sudo apt-get install build-essential
-sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
+
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential
+    sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libcrypto++-dev
 
 * Windows Cygwin
 Cygwin is tested on Windows 7 64-bit with the "Devel" packages selected to install at the top level of the
@@ -34,12 +46,13 @@
 
 To build in a terminal, change directory to the NDN-CPP root.  Enter:
 
-./configure
-make
-make install
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
 
 To make documentation, enter:
-make doxygen-doc
+
+    make doxygen-doc
 
 Files
 -----
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 8d8af2b..2e9954b 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
 test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
 autoreconf --force --install --verbose "$srcdir"
-test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7c686c..a3a8be4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,16 +54,20 @@
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday], :, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** gettimeofday not found. processEvents requires it. Check 'config.log' for more details.]))
 AC_C_INLINE
 
-# Unless --without-c++11 specified, try to enable C++11
+# Unless --with-c++11 specified, do not enable C++11 features
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11(, optional)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([system-boost],
   AS_HELP_STRING(
-      [--with-system-boost],
-      [use system-installed boost libraries. If not specified, use the bundled version when necessary.]
+      [--without-system-boost],
+      [do not attempt to use system-installed boost libraries and use the bundled version (ndnboost) when necessary.]
   ),
-  [want_system_boost="yes"],
-  [want_system_boost="no"]
+  [
+  if test "$withval" = "no"; then
+      want_system_boost="no"
+  fi
+  ],
+  [want_system_boost="yes"]
 )
 
 AX_BOOST_BASE([1.42.0],
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@
   ]
 )
 
+# @todo: These checks are not really optional
 AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
 AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
diff --git a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4 b/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4
index 40c94b6..2d40ac1 100644
--- a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
   AC_ARG_WITH([c++11],
     AS_HELP_STRING(
         [--with-c++11=@<:@ARG@:>@],
-        [use C++11 when available @<:@default=yes@:>@]
+        [use C++11 when available @<:@default=no@:>@]
     ),
     [
-    if test "$withval" = "no"; then
-        WANT_CXX11="no"
+    if test "$withval" = "yes"; then
+        WANT_CXX11="yes"
     fi
     ],
-    [WANT_CXX11="yes"]
+    [WANT_CXX11="no"]
   )
 
   if test "x$WANT_CXX11" = "xyes"; then