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 Application examples using hicn stack
 ==================
+
+## Introduction ##
+
+higet and hicn-http-server are two application examples that use hicn stack.
+
+## Using hICN Application Examples ##
+
+### Platforms ###
+
+The hICN application Examples have been tested in:
+
+- Ubuntu 16.04 (x86_64)
+- Debian Testing
+- MacOSX 10.12
+
+Other platforms and architectures may work.
+
+### Dependencies ###
+
+Build dependencies:
+
+- c++14 ( clang++ / g++ )
+- CMake 3.4
+
+Basic dependencies:
+
+- OpenSSL
+- pthreads
+- Libevent
+- Libparc
+
+## Executables ##
+
+The application examples are a set of binary executables that are used to run a simple http client (higet) and a simple http server (hicn-http-server).
+
+### higet ###
+
+The command `higet` runs the higet application. higet can be executed
+with the following options:
+
+```
+higet [OPTION]... [URL]...
+
+Options:
+	-O filename             write documents to FILE
+	-S                      print server response
+Example:
+	higet -O - http://origin/index.html
+
+```
+
+### hicn-http-server ###
+
+`hicn-http-server` is a web server able to publish content and generate http responses over TCP/HICN
+The command can be executed in the following way:
+
+```
+hicn-http-server [OPTIONS]
+
+Options:
+	-p path					path to root foot folder
+	-f confFile				configuration file
+	-o tcpPort				tcp listener port
+	-l webserverPrefix		webserver prefix
+	-x tcpProxyPrefix		tcp proxy prefix
+	-z hicnProxyPrefix		hicn proxy prefix
+```
+
+## License ##
+
+This software is distributed under the following license:
+
+```
+Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+```