A router forwarding plane comprising a bloom filter stored on a first tier storage medium, and a forwarding information log associated with the bloom filter and stored on a second tier storage medium. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive a content comprising a general name prefix, a first tier storage medium configured to store a plurality of bloom filters associated with a plurality of general name prefixes and a plurality of corresponding ports, a logic circuitry configured to compute a plurality of signatures based on the general name prefix of the received content, and a transmitter configured to forward the received content on at least one of the ports that are associated with at least one of the bloom filters if the general name prefix is a member of the at least one of the bloom filters.