diff --git a/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp b/tests_boost/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <ndn-cpp/security/certificate/certificate.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp/security/certificate/public-key.hpp>
+
+#include <cryptopp/cryptlib.h>
+#include <cryptopp/rsa.h>
+#include <cryptopp/files.h>
+
+#include <fstream>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ndn;
+
+using namespace CryptoPP;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestCertificate)
+
+const uint8_t CertificateRaw[] = {
+};
+
+const unsigned char PRIVATE_KEY_DER[] = {
+0x30, 0x82, 0x02, 0x74, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x30, 0x0d, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xf7, 0x0d, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01,
+0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x82, 0x02, 0x5e, 0x30, 0x82, 0x02, 0x5a, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x81, 0x81, 0x00, 0x9e, 0x06, 0x3e,
+0x47, 0x85, 0xb2, 0x34, 0x37, 0xaa, 0x85, 0x47, 0xac, 0x03, 0x24, 0x83, 0xb5, 0x9c, 0xa8, 0x05, 0x3a, 0x24, 0x1e, 0xeb,
+0x89, 0x01, 0xbb, 0xe9, 0x9b, 0xb2, 0xc3, 0x22, 0xac, 0x68, 0xe3, 0xf0, 0x6c, 0x02, 0xce, 0x68, 0xa6, 0xc4, 0xd0, 0xa7,
+0x06, 0x90, 0x9c, 0xaa, 0x1b, 0x08, 0x1d, 0x8b, 0x43, 0x9a, 0x33, 0x67, 0x44, 0x6d, 0x21, 0xa3, 0x1b, 0x88, 0x9a, 0x97,
+0x5e, 0x59, 0xc4, 0x15, 0x0b, 0xd9, 0x2c, 0xbd, 0x51, 0x07, 0x61, 0x82, 0xad, 0xc1, 0xb8, 0xd7, 0xbf, 0x9b, 0xcf, 0x7d,
+0x24, 0xc2, 0x63, 0xf3, 0x97, 0x17, 0xeb, 0xfe, 0x62, 0x25, 0xba, 0x5b, 0x4d, 0x8a, 0xc2, 0x7a, 0xbd, 0x43, 0x8a, 0x8f,
+0xb8, 0xf2, 0xf1, 0xc5, 0x6a, 0x30, 0xd3, 0x50, 0x8c, 0xc8, 0x9a, 0xdf, 0xef, 0xed, 0x35, 0xe7, 0x7a, 0x62, 0xea, 0x76,
+0x7c, 0xbb, 0x08, 0x26, 0xc7, 0x02, 0x01, 0x11, 0x02, 0x81, 0x80, 0x04, 0xa5, 0xd4, 0xa7, 0xc0, 0x2a, 0xe3, 0x6b, 0x0c,
+0x8b, 0x73, 0x0c, 0x96, 0xae, 0x40, 0x1b, 0xee, 0x04, 0xf1, 0x18, 0x4c, 0x5b, 0x43, 0x29, 0xad, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x93, 0xa3,
+0x60, 0x17, 0x9b, 0xa8, 0xbb, 0x68, 0xf4, 0x1e, 0x33, 0x3f, 0x50, 0x32, 0xf7, 0x13, 0xf8, 0xa9, 0xe6, 0x7d, 0x79, 0x44,
+0x00, 0xde, 0x72, 0xed, 0xf2, 0x73, 0xfa, 0x7b, 0xae, 0x2a, 0x71, 0xc0, 0x40, 0xc8, 0x37, 0x6f, 0x38, 0xb2, 0x69, 0x1f,
+0xa8, 0x83, 0x7b, 0x42, 0x00, 0x73, 0x46, 0xe6, 0x4c, 0x91, 0x7f, 0x13, 0x06, 0x69, 0x06, 0xd8, 0x3f, 0x22, 0x15, 0x75,
+0xf6, 0xde, 0xcd, 0xb0, 0xbc, 0x66, 0x61, 0x91, 0x08, 0x9b, 0x2b, 0xb2, 0x00, 0xa9, 0x67, 0x05, 0x39, 0x40, 0xb9, 0x37,
+0x85, 0x88, 0x4f, 0x76, 0x79, 0x63, 0xc0, 0x88, 0x3c, 0x86, 0xa8, 0x12, 0x94, 0x5f, 0xe4, 0x36, 0x3d, 0xea, 0xb9, 0x02,
+0x41, 0x00, 0xb6, 0x2e, 0xbb, 0xcd, 0x2f, 0x3a, 0x99, 0xe0, 0xa1, 0xa5, 0x44, 0x77, 0xea, 0x0b, 0xbe, 0x16, 0x95, 0x0e,
+0x64, 0xa7, 0x68, 0xd7, 0x4b, 0x15, 0x15, 0x23, 0xe2, 0x1e, 0x4e, 0x00, 0x2c, 0x22, 0x97, 0xae, 0xb0, 0x74, 0xa6, 0x99,
+0xd0, 0x5d, 0xb7, 0x1b, 0x10, 0x34, 0x13, 0xd2, 0x5f, 0x6e, 0x56, 0xad, 0x85, 0x4a, 0xdb, 0xf0, 0x78, 0xbd, 0xf4, 0x8c,
+0xb7, 0x9a, 0x3e, 0x99, 0xef, 0xb9, 0x02, 0x41, 0x00, 0xde, 0x0d, 0xa7, 0x48, 0x75, 0x90, 0xad, 0x11, 0xa1, 0xac, 0xee,
+0xcb, 0x41, 0x81, 0xc6, 0xc8, 0x7f, 0xe7, 0x25, 0x94, 0xa1, 0x2a, 0x21, 0xa8, 0x57, 0xfe, 0x84, 0xf2, 0x5e, 0xb4, 0x96,
+0x35, 0xaf, 0xef, 0x2e, 0x7a, 0xf8, 0xda, 0x3f, 0xac, 0x8a, 0x3c, 0x1c, 0x9c, 0xbd, 0x44, 0xd6, 0x90, 0xb5, 0xce, 0x1b,
+0x12, 0xf9, 0x3b, 0x8c, 0x69, 0xf6, 0xa9, 0x02, 0x93, 0x48, 0x35, 0x0a, 0x7f, 0x02, 0x40, 0x6b, 0x2a, 0x8c, 0x96, 0xd0,
+0x7c, 0xd2, 0xfc, 0x9b, 0x52, 0x28, 0x46, 0x89, 0xac, 0x8d, 0xef, 0x2a, 0x80, 0xef, 0xea, 0x01, 0x6f, 0x95, 0x93, 0xee,
+0x51, 0x57, 0xd5, 0x97, 0x4b, 0x65, 0x41, 0x86, 0x66, 0xc2, 0x26, 0x80, 0x1e, 0x3e, 0x55, 0x3e, 0x88, 0x63, 0xe2, 0x66,
+0x03, 0x47, 0x31, 0xd8, 0xa2, 0x4e, 0x68, 0x45, 0x24, 0x0a, 0xca, 0x17, 0x61, 0xd5, 0x69, 0xca, 0x78, 0xab, 0x21, 0x02,
+0x41, 0x00, 0x8f, 0xae, 0x7b, 0x4d, 0x00, 0xc7, 0x06, 0x92, 0xf0, 0x24, 0x9a, 0x83, 0x84, 0xbd, 0x62, 0x81, 0xbc, 0x2c,
+0x27, 0x60, 0x2c, 0x0c, 0x33, 0xe5, 0x66, 0x1d, 0x28, 0xd9, 0x10, 0x1a, 0x7f, 0x4f, 0xea, 0x4f, 0x78, 0x6d, 0xb0, 0x14,
+0xbf, 0xc9, 0xff, 0x17, 0xd6, 0x47, 0x4d, 0x4a, 0xa8, 0xf4, 0x39, 0x67, 0x3e, 0xb1, 0xec, 0x8f, 0xf1, 0x71, 0xbd, 0xb8,
+0xa7, 0x50, 0x3d, 0xc7, 0xf7, 0xbb, 0x02, 0x40, 0x0d, 0x85, 0x32, 0x73, 0x9f, 0x0a, 0x33, 0x2f, 0x4b, 0xa2, 0xbd, 0xd1,
+0xb1, 0x42, 0xf0, 0x72, 0xa8, 0x7a, 0xc8, 0x15, 0x37, 0x1b, 0xde, 0x76, 0x70, 0xce, 0xfd, 0x69, 0x20, 0x00, 0x4d, 0xc9,
+0x4f, 0x35, 0x6f, 0xd1, 0x35, 0xa1, 0x04, 0x95, 0x30, 0xe8, 0x3b, 0xd5, 0x03, 0x5a, 0x50, 0x21, 0x6d, 0xa0, 0x84, 0x39,
+0xe9, 0x2e, 0x1e, 0xfc, 0xe4, 0x82, 0x43, 0x20, 0x46, 0x7d, 0x0a, 0xb6
+};
+
+const uint8_t PUBLIC_KEY[] = {
+0x30, 0x81, 0x9d, 0x30, 0x0d, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xf7, 0x0d, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x81,
+0x8b, 0x00, 0x30, 0x81, 0x87, 0x02, 0x81, 0x81, 0x00, 0x9e, 0x06, 0x3e, 0x47, 0x85, 0xb2, 0x34, 0x37, 0xaa, 0x85, 0x47,
+0xac, 0x03, 0x24, 0x83, 0xb5, 0x9c, 0xa8, 0x05, 0x3a, 0x24, 0x1e, 0xeb, 0x89, 0x01, 0xbb, 0xe9, 0x9b, 0xb2, 0xc3, 0x22,
+0xac, 0x68, 0xe3, 0xf0, 0x6c, 0x02, 0xce, 0x68, 0xa6, 0xc4, 0xd0, 0xa7, 0x06, 0x90, 0x9c, 0xaa, 0x1b, 0x08, 0x1d, 0x8b,
+0x43, 0x9a, 0x33, 0x67, 0x44, 0x6d, 0x21, 0xa3, 0x1b, 0x88, 0x9a, 0x97, 0x5e, 0x59, 0xc4, 0x15, 0x0b, 0xd9, 0x2c, 0xbd,
+0x51, 0x07, 0x61, 0x82, 0xad, 0xc1, 0xb8, 0xd7, 0xbf, 0x9b, 0xcf, 0x7d, 0x24, 0xc2, 0x63, 0xf3, 0x97, 0x17, 0xeb, 0xfe,
+0x62, 0x25, 0xba, 0x5b, 0x4d, 0x8a, 0xc2, 0x7a, 0xbd, 0x43, 0x8a, 0x8f, 0xb8, 0xf2, 0xf1, 0xc5, 0x6a, 0x30, 0xd3, 0x50,
+0x8c, 0xc8, 0x9a, 0xdf, 0xef, 0xed, 0x35, 0xe7, 0x7a, 0x62, 0xea, 0x76, 0x7c, 0xbb, 0x08, 0x26, 0xc7, 0x02, 0x01, 0x11
+};
+
+const uint8_t T[] = {
+0x30, 0x82, 0x01, 0x22, 0x30, 0x0d, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xf7, 0x0d, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x82, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x30, 0x82, 0x01, 0x0a, 0x02, 0x82, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0xac, 0x72, 0x2e, 0x1e, 0x18, 0xea, 0x25, 0x9b, 0x32, 0xea, 0xee, 0xa8, 0x15, 0x04, 0xba, 0xdf, 0x9c, 0x24, 0xb3, 0xde, 0x56, 0x17, 0xf1, 0xee, 0x99, 0xba, 0x34, 0x01, 0x08, 0x6f, 0x6c, 0xb5, 0x56, 0x30, 0xbf, 0x90, 0xa9, 0x36, 0xaa, 0xd1, 0x10, 0x8b, 0x9a, 0x30, 0xfb, 0x35, 0x38, 0x21, 0x42, 0x70, 0xed, 0xe6, 0x33, 0x9c, 0xfa, 0x50, 0x6d, 0x85, 0x96, 0x60, 0x7e, 0x5b, 0xa9, 0x81, 0xb3, 0x24, 0xb7, 0xe9, 0xfc, 0xaf, 0xb5, 0xf7, 0x81, 0x7c, 0x19, 0xf1, 0xb6, 0x24, 0xbd, 0x05, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0x11, 0x68, 0xd7, 0xae, 0xc4, 0x13, 0x70, 0x7c, 0x85, 0x13, 0x78, 0x61, 0x2a, 0xf8, 0xa6, 0xa3, 0x0a, 0x33, 0x4a, 0x7d, 0xb1, 0xd9, 0x07, 0x3b, 0x01, 0x02, 0xd4, 0x50, 0x0b, 0x02, 0xfc, 0xcd, 0x7e, 0xe6, 0x5a, 0xcf, 0x72, 0x74, 0xd7, 0x96, 0xc1, 0x28, 0xbb, 0xcd, 0x1c, 0xc9, 0x38, 0xd8, 0x77, 0x23, 0x6f, 0x98, 0xdc, 0x98, 0x3d, 0xde, 0x15, 0x5e, 0x43, 0xb5, 0x80, 0xa7, 0xca, 0xdb, 0xec, 0xc5, 0xc3, 0x0d, 0x15, 0xa6, 0x45, 0x81, 0x91, 0xd2, 0x8c, 0x4a, 0xc0, 0xab, 0x46, 0x64, 0xfc, 0xfb, 0x67, 0x4c, 0x02, 0x88, 0x6f, 0x06, 0xfc, 0xb1, 0x3c, 0x3a, 0x24, 0x67, 0xcf, 0x5b, 0x74, 0x71, 0x6e, 0xcf, 0x9b, 0x88, 0xca, 0xe6, 0xb6, 0x9e, 0xf7, 0x1a, 0x9a, 0xd8, 0x36, 0x3c, 0xf2, 0x26, 0x06, 0x15, 0x86, 0x9b, 0xc9, 0x04, 0xa6, 0x99, 0xc2, 0xf2, 0xbf, 0xbc, 0xb2, 0xe0, 0x4e, 0xa8, 0x46, 0xc5, 0x8c, 0x06, 0xff, 0x82, 0x1f, 0xfc, 0xff, 0xfc, 0xab, 0x88, 0x6e, 0xfe, 0x8e, 0x39, 0xa6, 0xe4, 0xfa, 0x46, 0x5b, 0x11, 0xc2, 0x7c, 0x9d, 0xb4, 0x73, 0xe3, 0x04, 0x64, 0xd6, 0xd4, 0x38, 0x84, 0xef, 0x68, 0x2b, 0x93, 0x24, 0x4c, 0x62, 0x84, 0x41, 0x15, 0x02, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Encode)
+{
+  ndn::Certificate c;
+
+  c.setNotBefore(1388100174000); // 12/26/2013 @ 11:22pm
+  c.setNotAfter(1388100174000); // 12/26/2013 @ 11:22pm
+
+  // RSA::PrivateKey privateKey_;
+  // StringSource source(DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_DER, sizeof(DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_DER), true);
+  // privateKey_.Load(source);
+  
+  // RSA::PublicKey publicKey_(privateKey_);
+  // std::string x;
+  // CryptoPP::StringSink sink(x);
+  // publicKey_.Save(sink);
+
+  // std::ofstream of("pubkey.key");
+  // of.write(x.c_str(), x.size());
+
+  ndn::PublicKey key(PUBLIC_KEY, sizeof(PUBLIC_KEY));
+  CryptoPP::FileSink sink("pub2.key");
+  key.encode(sink);
+
+  // RSA::PublicKey p;
+  // StringSource source(T, sizeof(T), true);
+  // p.Load(source);
+  
+  // const Block &wire = i.wireEncode();
+  // BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(Interest1, Interest1+sizeof(Interest1),
+  //                              wire.begin(), wire.end());
+}
+
+// BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Decode)
+// {
+//   Block interestBlock(Interest1, sizeof(Interest1));
+  
+//   ndn::Interest i;
+//   BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(i.wireDecode(interestBlock));
+
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getName().toUri(), "/local/ndn/prefix");
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getScope(), 1);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getInterestLifetime(), 1000);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMinSuffixComponents(), 1);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMaxSuffixComponents(), 1);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getChildSelector(), 1);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMustBeFresh(), false);
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getExclude().toUri(), "alex,xxxx,*,yyyy");
+// }
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()