A computer-implemented method for facilitating ephemeral entries in a forwarding information base in a content centric network, wherein the forwarding information base facilitates exchange of identifying information between connected nodes of said content centric network, said content centric network comprising a client device, a content producing device and a plurality of intermediate nodes through which an interest generated by the at least one client device travels, based on information in Forwarding Information Bases of said intermediate nodes, from the client device to the content producing device, the method comprising: generating, by an intermediate node for an adjacent node, an interest which includes an identifier for the intermediate node and a name for a link between the intermediate node and the adjacent node, the adjacent node being another intermediate node of said Content Centric Network; in response to the interest, receiving at the intermediate node from the adjacent node a content object which includes an identifier for the adjacent node, wherein the content object further includes the intermediate node's identifier and the link name, as well as a signature for the adjacent node; verifying, at the intermediate node, the content object based on the signature for the adjacent node; if the intermediate node successfully verifies the content object, enabling by the intermediate node, a connection between the intermediate node and the adjacent node, wherein the connection is based on the link between the intermediate node and the adjacent node; creating at the intermediate node an entry in a first data structure mapping the adjacent node's identifier to a first outgoing interface associated with the link; and in response to receiving at the intermediate node a first routing update for a first name prefix based on the adjacent node's identifier, performing a lookup in the first data structure based on the adjacent node's identifier to obtain the corresponding first outgoing interface and creating an entry in a first forwarding information base of the intermediate node based on the adjacent node's identifier, said entry mapping the first name prefix to the obtained first outgoing interface, a name of a specific content object being hierarchically structured so that the name or the name prefix can be used by any intermediate node to determine the routing of interests travelling through said any intermediate node. generating, by an intermediate node for an adjacent node, an interest which includes an identifier for the intermediate node and a name for a link between the intermediate node and the adjacent node, the adjacent node being another intermediate node of said Content Centric Network; in response to the interest, receiving at the intermediate node from the adjacent node a content object which includes an identifier for the adjacent node, wherein the content object further includes the intermediate node's identifier and the link name, as well as a signature for the adjacent node; verifying, at the intermediate node, the content object based on the signature for the adjacent node; if the intermediate node successfully verifies the content object, enabling by the intermediate node, a connection between the intermediate node and the adjacent node, wherein the connection is based on the link between the intermediate node and the adjacent node; creating at the intermediate node an entry in a first data structure mapping the adjacent node's identifier to a first outgoing interface associated with the link; and in response to receiving at the intermediate node a first routing update for a first name prefix based on the adjacent node's identifier, performing a lookup in the first data structure based on the adjacent node's identifier to obtain the corresponding first outgoing interface and creating an entry in a first forwarding information base of the intermediate node based on the adjacent node's identifier, said entry mapping the first name prefix to the obtained first outgoing interface, a name of a specific content object being hierarchically structured so that the name or the name prefix can be used by any intermediate node to determine the routing of interests travelling through said any intermediate node.