diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9da7ccd..968fa6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,3 +75,7 @@
 # Tools
 tools/tlvdump
 
+# Examples
+examples/consumer
+examples/producer
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 767081d..748321d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libndn-c.la libndn-cpp.la
 
 # "make install" will also install the include headers.
-SUBDIRS = include . tools
+SUBDIRS = include . tools examples
 
 if COMPILE_TESTS
   SUBDIRS += tests
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9a67273..9d6a355 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  include/Makefile
+                 examples/Makefile
                  tools/Makefile
                  tests/Makefile
                  tests_boost/Makefile])
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7712cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+LDADD = ../libndn-cpp.la
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS=consumer producer
+
+consumer_SOURCES = consumer.cpp
+producer_SOURCES = producer.cpp
diff --git a/examples/consumer.cpp b/examples/consumer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2be4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/consumer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <ndn-cpp/face.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+#if NDN_CPP_HAVE_CXX11
+// In the std library, the placeholders are in a different namespace than boost.
+using namespace ndn::func_lib::placeholders;
+#endif
+
+void
+onData(ndn::Face &face,
+       const ndn::ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const ndn::Interest> &interest, const ndn::ptr_lib::shared_ptr<ndn::Data> &data)
+{
+  std::cout << "I: " << interest->toUri() << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "D: " << data->getName().toUri() << std::endl;
+}
+
+void
+onTimeout(ndn::Face &face,
+          const ndn::ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const ndn::Interest> &interest)
+{
+  std::cout << "Timeout" << std::endl;
+}
+
+void
+BlockPrinter(const ndn::Block &block, const std::string &indent="")
+{
+  std::cout << indent << block.type() << " (" << block.value_size() << ") [[";
+  std::cout.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(block.value()), block.value_size());
+  std::cout<< "]]" << std::endl;
+
+  for(ndn::Block::element_const_iterator i = block.getAll().begin();
+      i != block.getAll().end();
+      ++i)
+    {
+      BlockPrinter(*i, indent+"  ");
+    }
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  try {
+    ndn::Interest i(ndn::Name("/localhost/testApp/randomData"));
+    i.setScope(1);
+    i.setInterestLifetime(1000);
+    i.setMustBeFresh(true);
+
+    ndn::Face face;
+    face.expressInterest(i,
+                          ndn::func_lib::bind(onData, boost::ref(face), _1, _2),
+                          ndn::func_lib::bind(onTimeout, boost::ref(face), _1));
+
+    // processEvents will block until the requested data received or timeout occurs
+    face.processEvents();
+  }
+  catch(std::exception &e) {
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/examples/producer.cpp b/examples/producer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02e935f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/producer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <ndn-cpp/face.hpp>
+
+#include <ndn-cpp/security/key-chain.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp/security/identity/memory-identity-storage.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp/security/identity/memory-private-key-storage.hpp>
+
+#if NDN_CPP_HAVE_CXX11
+// In the std library, the placeholders are in a different namespace than boost.
+using namespace ndn::func_lib::placeholders;
+#endif
+
+using namespace ndn;
+
+static uint8_t DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_DER[] = {
+0x30, 0x81, 0x9F, 0x30, 0x0D, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x81,
+0x8D, 0x00, 0x30, 0x81, 0x89, 0x02, 0x81, 0x81, 0x00, 0xE1, 0x7D, 0x30, 0xA7, 0xD8, 0x28, 0xAB, 0x1B, 0x84, 0x0B, 0x17,
+0x54, 0x2D, 0xCA, 0xF6, 0x20, 0x7A, 0xFD, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x08, 0x6B, 0x2A, 0x60, 0xD1, 0x6C, 0xB7, 0xF5, 0x44, 0x48, 0xBA,
+0x9F, 0x3F, 0x08, 0xBC, 0xD0, 0x99, 0xDB, 0x21, 0xDD, 0x16, 0x2A, 0x77, 0x9E, 0x61, 0xAA, 0x89, 0xEE, 0xE5, 0x54, 0xD3,
+0xA4, 0x7D, 0xE2, 0x30, 0xBC, 0x7A, 0xC5, 0x90, 0xD5, 0x24, 0x06, 0x7C, 0x38, 0x98, 0xBB, 0xA6, 0xF5, 0xDC, 0x43, 0x60,
+0xB8, 0x45, 0xED, 0xA4, 0x8C, 0xBD, 0x9C, 0xF1, 0x26, 0xA7, 0x23, 0x44, 0x5F, 0x0E, 0x19, 0x52, 0xD7, 0x32, 0x5A, 0x75,
+0xFA, 0xF5, 0x56, 0x14, 0x4F, 0x9A, 0x98, 0xAF, 0x71, 0x86, 0xB0, 0x27, 0x86, 0x85, 0xB8, 0xE2, 0xC0, 0x8B, 0xEA, 0x87,
+0x17, 0x1B, 0x4D, 0xEE, 0x58, 0x5C, 0x18, 0x28, 0x29, 0x5B, 0x53, 0x95, 0xEB, 0x4A, 0x17, 0x77, 0x9F, 0x02, 0x03, 0x01,
+0x00, 01  
+};
+
+static uint8_t DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_DER[] = {
+0x30, 0x82, 0x02, 0x5d, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x81, 0x81, 0x00, 0xe1, 0x7d, 0x30, 0xa7, 0xd8, 0x28, 0xab, 0x1b, 0x84,
+0x0b, 0x17, 0x54, 0x2d, 0xca, 0xf6, 0x20, 0x7a, 0xfd, 0x22, 0x1e, 0x08, 0x6b, 0x2a, 0x60, 0xd1, 0x6c, 0xb7, 0xf5, 0x44,
+0x48, 0xba, 0x9f, 0x3f, 0x08, 0xbc, 0xd0, 0x99, 0xdb, 0x21, 0xdd, 0x16, 0x2a, 0x77, 0x9e, 0x61, 0xaa, 0x89, 0xee, 0xe5,
+0x54, 0xd3, 0xa4, 0x7d, 0xe2, 0x30, 0xbc, 0x7a, 0xc5, 0x90, 0xd5, 0x24, 0x06, 0x7c, 0x38, 0x98, 0xbb, 0xa6, 0xf5, 0xdc,
+0x43, 0x60, 0xb8, 0x45, 0xed, 0xa4, 0x8c, 0xbd, 0x9c, 0xf1, 0x26, 0xa7, 0x23, 0x44, 0x5f, 0x0e, 0x19, 0x52, 0xd7, 0x32,
+0x5a, 0x75, 0xfa, 0xf5, 0x56, 0x14, 0x4f, 0x9a, 0x98, 0xaf, 0x71, 0x86, 0xb0, 0x27, 0x86, 0x85, 0xb8, 0xe2, 0xc0, 0x8b,
+0xea, 0x87, 0x17, 0x1b, 0x4d, 0xee, 0x58, 0x5c, 0x18, 0x28, 0x29, 0x5b, 0x53, 0x95, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0x17, 0x77, 0x9f, 0x02,
+0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x81, 0x80, 0x1a, 0x4b, 0xfa, 0x4f, 0xa8, 0xc2, 0xdd, 0x69, 0xa1, 0x15, 0x96, 0x0b, 0xe8,
+0x27, 0x42, 0x5a, 0xf9, 0x5c, 0xea, 0x0c, 0xac, 0x98, 0xaa, 0xe1, 0x8d, 0xaa, 0xeb, 0x2d, 0x3c, 0x60, 0x6a, 0xfb, 0x45,
+0x63, 0xa4, 0x79, 0x83, 0x67, 0xed, 0xe4, 0x15, 0xc0, 0xb0, 0x20, 0x95, 0x6d, 0x49, 0x16, 0xc6, 0x42, 0x05, 0x48, 0xaa,
+0xb1, 0xa5, 0x53, 0x65, 0xd2, 0x02, 0x99, 0x08, 0xd1, 0x84, 0xcc, 0xf0, 0xcd, 0xea, 0x61, 0xc9, 0x39, 0x02, 0x3f, 0x87,
+0x4a, 0xe5, 0xc4, 0xd2, 0x07, 0x02, 0xe1, 0x9f, 0xa0, 0x06, 0xc2, 0xcc, 0x02, 0xe7, 0xaa, 0x6c, 0x99, 0x8a, 0xf8, 0x49,
+0x00, 0xf1, 0xa2, 0x8c, 0x0c, 0x8a, 0xb9, 0x4f, 0x6d, 0x73, 0x3b, 0x2c, 0xb7, 0x9f, 0x8a, 0xa6, 0x7f, 0x9b, 0x9f, 0xb7,
+0xa1, 0xcc, 0x74, 0x2e, 0x8f, 0xb8, 0xb0, 0x26, 0x89, 0xd2, 0xe5, 0x66, 0xe8, 0x8e, 0xa1, 0x02, 0x41, 0x00, 0xfc, 0xe7,
+0x52, 0xbc, 0x4e, 0x95, 0xb6, 0x1a, 0xb4, 0x62, 0xcc, 0xd8, 0x06, 0xe1, 0xdc, 0x7a, 0xa2, 0xb6, 0x71, 0x01, 0xaa, 0x27,
+0xfc, 0x99, 0xe5, 0xf2, 0x54, 0xbb, 0xb2, 0x85, 0xe1, 0x96, 0x54, 0x2d, 0xcb, 0xba, 0x86, 0xfa, 0x80, 0xdf, 0xcf, 0x39,
+0xe6, 0x74, 0xcb, 0x22, 0xce, 0x70, 0xaa, 0x10, 0x00, 0x73, 0x1d, 0x45, 0x0a, 0x39, 0x51, 0x84, 0xf5, 0x15, 0x8f, 0x37,
+0x76, 0x91, 0x02, 0x41, 0x00, 0xe4, 0x3f, 0xf0, 0xf4, 0xde, 0x79, 0x77, 0x48, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x28, 0x45, 0x26, 0x57, 0x3c,
+0x71, 0x40, 0x28, 0x6a, 0xa1, 0xfe, 0xc3, 0xe5, 0x37, 0xa1, 0x03, 0xf6, 0x2d, 0xbe, 0x80, 0x64, 0x72, 0x69, 0x2e, 0x9b,
+0x4d, 0xe3, 0x2e, 0x1b, 0xfe, 0xe7, 0xf9, 0x77, 0x8c, 0x18, 0x53, 0x9f, 0xe2, 0xfe, 0x00, 0xbb, 0x49, 0x20, 0x47, 0xdf,
+0x01, 0x61, 0x87, 0xd6, 0xe3, 0x44, 0xb5, 0x03, 0x2f, 0x02, 0x40, 0x54, 0xec, 0x7c, 0xbc, 0xdd, 0x0a, 0xaa, 0xde, 0xe6,
+0xc9, 0xf2, 0x8d, 0x6c, 0x2a, 0x35, 0xf6, 0x3c, 0x63, 0x55, 0x29, 0x40, 0xf1, 0x32, 0x82, 0x9f, 0x53, 0xb3, 0x9e, 0x5f,
+0xc1, 0x53, 0x52, 0x3e, 0xac, 0x2e, 0x28, 0x51, 0xa1, 0x16, 0xdb, 0x90, 0xe3, 0x99, 0x7e, 0x88, 0xa4, 0x04, 0x7c, 0x92,
+0xae, 0xd2, 0xe7, 0xd4, 0xe1, 0x55, 0x20, 0x90, 0x3e, 0x3c, 0x6a, 0x63, 0xf0, 0x34, 0xf1, 0x02, 0x41, 0x00, 0x84, 0x5a,
+0x17, 0x6c, 0xc6, 0x3c, 0x84, 0xd0, 0x93, 0x7a, 0xff, 0x56, 0xe9, 0x9e, 0x98, 0x2b, 0xcb, 0x5a, 0x24, 0x4a, 0xff, 0x21,
+0xb4, 0x9e, 0x87, 0x3d, 0x76, 0xd8, 0x9b, 0xa8, 0x73, 0x96, 0x6c, 0x2b, 0x5c, 0x5e, 0xd3, 0xa6, 0xff, 0x10, 0xd6, 0x8e,
+0xaf, 0xa5, 0x8a, 0xcd, 0xa2, 0xde, 0xcb, 0x0e, 0xbd, 0x8a, 0xef, 0xae, 0xfd, 0x3f, 0x1d, 0xc0, 0xd8, 0xf8, 0x3b, 0xf5,
+0x02, 0x7d, 0x02, 0x41, 0x00, 0x8b, 0x26, 0xd3, 0x2c, 0x7d, 0x28, 0x38, 0x92, 0xf1, 0xbf, 0x15, 0x16, 0x39, 0x50, 0xc8,
+0x6d, 0x32, 0xec, 0x28, 0xf2, 0x8b, 0xd8, 0x70, 0xc5, 0xed, 0xe1, 0x7b, 0xff, 0x2d, 0x66, 0x8c, 0x86, 0x77, 0x43, 0xeb,
+0xb6, 0xf6, 0x50, 0x66, 0xb0, 0x40, 0x24, 0x6a, 0xaf, 0x98, 0x21, 0x45, 0x30, 0x01, 0x59, 0xd0, 0xc3, 0xfc, 0x7b, 0xae,
+0x30, 0x18, 0xeb, 0x90, 0xfb, 0x17, 0xd3, 0xce, 0xb5
+};
+
+class Producer
+{
+public:
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // CREATE TEST KEYCHAIN (THIS CODE IS ONLY FOR DEBUGGING, NOT TO BE USED IN REAL APPS //
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  Producer()
+    : info_(new MemoryIdentityStorage())
+    , tpm_(new MemoryPrivateKeyStorage())
+    , keyChain_(info_, tpm_)
+  {
+    Name keyName("/testname/dsk-123");
+    Name certificateName = keyName.getSubName(0, keyName.size() - 1).append("KEY").append
+      (keyName.get(keyName.size() - 1)).append("ID-CERT").append("0");
+    
+    info_->addKey(keyName, KEY_TYPE_RSA,
+                  PublicKey(DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_DER, sizeof(DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_DER)));
+
+    tpm_->setKeyPairForKeyName(keyName,
+                               DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_DER, sizeof(DEFAULT_PUBLIC_KEY_DER),
+                               DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_DER, sizeof(DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_DER));
+
+    keyChain_.identities().addCertificateAsDefault(*keyChain_.identities().selfSign(keyName));
+  }
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+  void
+  onInterest(const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const Name> &name, const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const Interest> &interest)
+  {
+    std::cout << "<< I: " << *interest << std::endl;
+    
+    ndn::Data data(ndn::Name(interest->getName()).append("testApp").appendVersion());
+    data.setFreshnessPeriod(1000); // 10 sec
+
+    data.setContent((const uint8_t*)"HELLO KITTY", sizeof("HELLO KITTY"));
+
+    keyChain_.sign(data);
+
+    std::cout << ">> D: " << data << std::endl;
+    face_.put(data);
+  }
+
+  void
+  onRegisterFailed(const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const Name>&)
+  {
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: Failed to register prefix in local hub's daemon" << std::endl;
+    face_.shutdown();
+  }
+  
+  void
+  listen()
+  {
+    face_.setInterestFilter("/localhost/testApp",
+                            func_lib::bind(&Producer::onInterest, this, _1, _2),
+                            func_lib::bind(&Producer::onRegisterFailed, this, _1));
+    face_.processEvents();
+  }
+
+private:
+  ndn::Face face_;
+
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<MemoryIdentityStorage> info_;
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<MemoryPrivateKeyStorage> tpm_;
+  KeyChain keyChain_;
+
+  Buffer ndndId_;
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+  try {
+    Producer producer;
+    producer.listen();
+  }
+  catch(std::exception &e) {
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}