diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6c466d4..36ecc04 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 #
-# This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
-# list see the documentation:
+# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 
-# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#
-# import os
+import importlib.util
 import sys
-# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
-
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
-project = u'ChronoSync: A Synchronization Protocol for NDN'
-copyright = u'Copyright © 2012-2022 Regents of the University of California.'
-author = u'Named Data Networking Project'
+project = 'ChronoSync: A Synchronization Protocol for NDN'
+copyright = 'Copyright © 2012-2022 Regents of the University of California.'
+author = 'Named Data Networking Project'
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 #version = ''
@@ -35,49 +27,31 @@
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
 
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#
-needs_sphinx = '1.3'
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
+needs_sphinx = '4.0'
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
 ]
 
 def addExtensionIfExists(extension):
-    try:
-        __import__(extension)
+    if importlib.util.find_spec(extension) is not None:
         extensions.append(extension)
-    except ImportError:
-        sys.stderr.write("Extension '%s' not found. "
-                         "Some documentation may not build correctly.\n" % extension)
+    else:
+        sys.stderr.write(f'WARNING: Extension {extension!r} not found. '
+                          'Some documentation may not build correctly.\n')
 
 addExtensionIfExists('sphinxcontrib.doxylink')
 
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = ['RELEASE_NOTES.rst']
+exclude_patterns = ['Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'RELEASE_NOTES.rst']
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
 
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-#
 html_theme = 'named_data_theme'
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 html_theme_path = ['.']
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
@@ -92,52 +66,12 @@
 highlight_language = 'none'
 
 
-# -- Options for LaTeX output ------------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
-    # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-    #
-    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-    # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-    #
-    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-    # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-    #
-    # 'preamble': '',
-
-    # Latex figure (float) alignment
-    #
-    # 'figure_align': 'htbp',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [
-    ('index', 'ChronoSync-docs.tex', u'A Synchronization Protocol for NDN',
-     author, 'manual'),
-]
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output ------------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
-]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#man_show_urls = True
-
-
-# -- Custom options ----------------------------------------------------------
+# -- Misc options ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 doxylink = {
     'ChronoSync': ('ChronoSync.tag', 'doxygen/'),
 }
 
 extlinks = {
-    'issue': ('https://redmine.named-data.net/issues/%s', 'issue #'),
+    'issue': ('https://redmine.named-data.net/issues/%s', 'issue #%s'),
 }
diff --git a/docs/DesignDoc.rst b/docs/design.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/DesignDoc.rst
rename to docs/design.rst
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index bdd22a2..a7f9d90 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-ChronoSync - A synchronization Protocol in NDN
-==============================================
+ChronoSync - A Synchronization Protocol for NDN
+===============================================
 
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
    :maxdepth: 3
 
-   DesignDoc
+   design
 
-* :doc:`DesignDoc`
+* :doc:`design`
 * `API documentation (doxygen) <doxygen/annotated.html>`_
 
 Downloading
diff --git a/docs/named_data_theme/layout.html b/docs/named_data_theme/layout.html
index 78b6477..aa25686 100644
--- a/docs/named_data_theme/layout.html
+++ b/docs/named_data_theme/layout.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <div class="row">
              <div class="three columns">
                   <div id="logo">
-                        <a href="http://named-data.net" title="A Future Internet Architecture"><img src="http://named-data.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-20130722_Logo2.png" alt="" /></a>
+                        <a href="https://named-data.net" title="A Future Internet Architecture"><img src="https://named-data.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-20130722_Logo2.png" alt="" /></a>
                   </div><!--logo end-->
              </div>
 
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
           <h3>{{ _('Developer documentation') }}</h3>
           <ul>
             <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="doxygen/annotated.html">API documentation (doxygen)</a></li>
-            <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="code-style.html">ndn-cxx Code Style and Coding Guidelines</a></li>
           </ul>
           {%- endblock %}
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@
         <div class="row">
             <div class="twelve columns">
 
-                <div id="copyright">This research is partially supported by NSF (Award <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1040868" target="_blank>">CNS-1040868</a>)<br/><br/><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a> except where noted.</div>
+                <div id="copyright">This research is partially supported by NSF (Award <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1040868" target="_blank>">CNS-1040868</a>)<br/><br/><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a> except where noted.</div>
 
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/docs/named_data_theme/named_data_header.html b/docs/named_data_theme/named_data_header.html
index c84397c..e6e81f1 100644
--- a/docs/named_data_theme/named_data_header.html
+++ b/docs/named_data_theme/named_data_header.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <div class="row">
          <div class="three columns">
               <div id="logo">
-                    <a href="http://named-data.net" title="A Future Internet Architecture"><img src="http://named-data.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-20130722_Logo2.png" alt="" /></a>
+                    <a href="https://named-data.net" title="A Future Internet Architecture"><img src="https://named-data.net/wp-content/uploads/cropped-20130722_Logo2.png" alt="" /></a>
               </div><!--logo end-->
          </div>
 
diff --git a/src/logic.cpp b/src/logic.cpp
index 387690d..c2ca8f8 100644
--- a/src/logic.cpp
+++ b/src/logic.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
   0xa4, 0x95, 0x99, 0x1b, 0x78, 0x52, 0xb8, 0x55
 };
 
-const name::Component RESET_COMPONENT("reset");
-const name::Component RECOVERY_COMPONENT("recovery");
+const name::Component RESET_COMPONENT{"reset"};
+const name::Component RECOVERY_COMPONENT{"recovery"};
 const size_t NDNLP_EXPECTED_OVERHEAD = 20;
 
 /**