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+ndn-cxx version 0.1.0
+---------------------
+
+Release date: May 7, 2014
+
+Version 0.1.0 is the initial release of ndn-cxx, an NDN C++ library with eXperimental
+eXtensions.
+
+Originally based on `ndn-cpp library <https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cpp>`_ the ndn-cxx
+library adopts a slightly different design philosophy (including an extensive use of Boost
+libraries to facilitate development, as well as the use of Crypto++ library to support
+cryptographic operations), and includes a number of extensions that aim to simplify NDN
+application development.
+
+The current features include:
+
+- **Base**
+
+  + Fully asynchronous, event-driven communication model, which is implemented using `Boost.Asio
+    <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html>`_
+  + Single-threaded, but thread-safe Face operations
+
+      A single Face object can be safely used in multiple threads to express Interests and
+      publish Data packets
+
+  + Explicit time management for NDN operations using `Boost.Chrono
+    <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/chrono.html>`_
+  + Simplified and extended `NDN API <doxygen/annotated.html>`_
+  + Extensive set of unit-tests based on `Boost.Test framework
+    <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html>`_
+
+    - Continuous integration using an in-house installation of Jenkins build bots and the
+      hosted `Travis CI <https://travis-ci.org/named-data/ndn-cxx>`_ continuous
+      integration service compile and verify correctness of the library for each commit
+
+- **Wire format**
+
+  + Full support of `NDN-TLV packet format v0.1 <http://named-data.net/doc/NDN-TLV/0.1/>`_
+  + Pure C++ implementation of wire encoding/decoding with simple access to wire format
+    of all NDN packet abstractions via ``wireEncode`` and ``wireDecode`` methods
+
+      In many cases, NDN packet abstractions are just "indices" to the wire format
+
+- **Communication with the forwarder**
+
+  + Enable connecting to local forwarder via UNIX and TCP transports and to remote
+    forwarders using TCP transport
+  + Full support for communication with `Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon (NFD)
+    <https://github.com/named-data/NFD>`_
+
+    - Full support for `NFD management protocols
+      <http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Management>`_ to NFD status
+      information, create and manage NFD Faces, receive NFD Face status change
+      notifications, update StrategyChoice for namespaces, and manage routes in RIB
+    - Support for `LocalControlHeader
+      <http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/LocalControlHeader>`_ to implement
+      special NDN applications that need low-level control of NDN packet forwarding
+
+- **Security support**
+
+  + A set of security primitives to allowing implementation of secure NDN applications in
+    a simplified manner
+
+    - **KeyChain**: provides simple interfaces of packet signing, and key and certificate
+      management
+    - **ValidatorConfig**: validator that implements trust model defined in a configuration
+      file
+    - **CommandInterestGenerator** and **CommandInterestValidator**: convenient helpers to produce
+      and validate command interests, while preventing potential replay attacks
+
+  + Several implementations of trusted platform modules to securely manage private keys
+
+    - **SecTpmOsx**: TPM based on OSX KeyChain (OSX-specific)
+    - **SecTpmFile**: TPM that uses file-based access control to protect keys (cross-platform)
+
+  + Extensive set of security command-line tools to manage security identities and certificates
+
+    - Generating private/public keys
+    - Issuing certificates
+    - Exporting/importing identities
+    - Managing default security settings
+
+- **Miscellaneous tools**
+
+  + Scheduler to support delayed time operations
+  + NDN regular expressions
+  + Simple config file to alter various aspects of the library
+  + **tlvdump**: a simple tool to visualize TLV-encoded blocks