diff --git a/tools/caching-resolver-daemon.cpp b/tools/caching-resolver-daemon.cpp
index 9ef40fa..453099e 100644
--- a/tools/caching-resolver-daemon.cpp
+++ b/tools/caching-resolver-daemon.cpp
@@ -1,33 +1,144 @@
-/*
- *  NameServer.cpp
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Regents of the University of California.
  *
- *  Created on: 18 Jul, 2014
- *      Author: Xiaoke JIANG
+ * This file is part of NDNS (Named Data Networking Domain Name Service).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NDNS authors and contributors.
  *
+ * NDNS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NDNS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NDNS, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-
 #include "app/name-caching-resolver.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/face.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/name.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/key-chain.hpp>
+#include "boost/program_options.hpp"
+#include "boost/filesystem.hpp"
+
+using namespace ndn;
+using namespace ndn::ndns;
+using namespace std;
+
 
 
 int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-  //char *programName, char *prefix, char *nameZone
+  string route="/";
+  int lifetime=2;
+  string hint = "";
+  try{
 
-  if (argc != 2)
+    namespace po = boost::program_options;
+    po::variables_map vm;
+
+
+    po::options_description generic("Generic Options");
+    generic.add_options()
+        ("help,h", "print help message")
+        ;
+
+
+    po::options_description config("Configuration");
+    config.add_options()
+             ("lifetime,t", po::value<std::string>(), "set the lifetime of Interest. default: 2")
+             ("hint,H", po::value<std::string>(&hint), "enable the forwarding Hint of Root Zone, which is disable by default")
+             ;
+
+
+    po::options_description hidden("Hidden Options");
+    hidden.add_options()
+             ("prefix,p", po::value<string>(&route), "routable prefix of the server. default: /")
+            ;
+
+    po::positional_options_description postion;
+    postion.add("prefix", 1);
+
+
+
+
+    po::options_description cmdline_options;
+    cmdline_options.add(generic).add(config).add(hidden);
+
+    po::options_description config_file_options;
+    config_file_options.add(config).add(hidden);
+
+    po::options_description visible("Allowed options");
+    visible.add(generic).add(config);
+
+
+    po::parsed_options parsed = po::command_line_parser(argc, argv).options(cmdline_options).positional(postion).run();
+
+
+    po::store(parsed, vm);
+    po::notify(vm);
+
+    if (vm.count("help"))
+    {
+      cout<<"E.g: caching-resolver-daemon /routable/prefix/announced"<<endl;
+      cout<<visible<<endl;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    cout<<"routablePrefix="<<route<<" lifetime="<<lifetime<<endl;
+  }
+  catch(const std::exception& ex)
   {
-    return 0;
+          cout << "Parameter Error: " << ex.what() << endl;
+          return 0;
+  }
+  catch(...)
+  {
+          cout << "Parameter Unknown error" << endl;
+          return 0;
   }
 
-	ndn::ndns::NameCachingResolver server(argv[0], argv[1]);
-	server.run();
 
-	cout<<"the server ends with hasError="<<server.hasError()<<endl;
 
-	if (server.hasError()){
-		return 0;
+
+	if (hint != "")
+	{
+	  ndn::ndns::NameCachingResolver<IterativeQueryWithFowardingHint> server(argv[0], route.c_str());
+	  server.setEnableForwardingHint(1);
+	  server.setRootZoneFowardingHint(Name(hint));
+
+	  time::milliseconds t(1000*lifetime);
+	  server.setInterestLifetime(t);
+
+	  server.run();
+
+	  cout<<"the server ends with hasError="<<server.hasError()<<endl;
+
+	  if (server.hasError()){
+	    return 0;
+	  } else {
+	    return 1;
+	  }
+
 	} else {
-		return 1;
+	  ndn::ndns::NameCachingResolver<IterativeQuery> server(argv[0], route.c_str());
+
+	  time::milliseconds t(1000*lifetime);
+	  server.setInterestLifetime(t);
+
+	  server.run();
+
+	  cout<<"the server ends with hasError="<<server.hasError()<<endl;
+
+	  if (server.hasError()){
+	    return 0;
+	  } else {
+	    return 1;
+	  }
+
 	}
 
 }