diff --git a/src/ca-module.cpp b/src/ca-module.cpp
index 0d9c85e..f4e03c0 100644
--- a/src/ca-module.cpp
+++ b/src/ca-module.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 {
   // load the config and create storage
   m_config.load(configPath);
-  m_storage = CaStorage::createCaStorage(storageType, m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix, "");
+  m_storage = CaStorage::createCaStorage(storageType, m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix, "");
   random::generateSecureBytes(m_requestIdGenKey, 32);
   if (m_config.m_nameAssignmentFuncs.size() == 0) {
     m_config.m_nameAssignmentFuncs.push_back(NameAssignmentFunc::createNameAssignmentFunc("random"));
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 CaModule::registerPrefix()
 {
   // register prefixes
-  Name prefix = m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix;
+  Name prefix = m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix;
   prefix.append("CA");
 
   auto prefixId = m_face.registerPrefix(
@@ -120,16 +120,16 @@
 {
   if (m_profileData == nullptr) {
     const auto& pib = m_keyChain.getPib();
-    const auto& identity = pib.getIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix);
+    const auto& identity = pib.getIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix);
     const auto& cert = identity.getDefaultKey().getDefaultCertificate();
-    Block contentTLV = infotlv::encodeDataContent(m_config.m_caItem, cert);
+    Block contentTLV = infotlv::encodeDataContent( m_config.m_caProfile, cert);
 
-    Name infoPacketName(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix);
+    Name infoPacketName( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix);
     infoPacketName.append("CA").append("INFO").appendVersion().appendSegment(0);
     m_profileData = std::make_unique<Data>(infoPacketName);
     m_profileData->setContent(contentTLV);
     m_profileData->setFreshnessPeriod(DEFAULT_DATA_FRESHNESS_PERIOD);
-    m_keyChain.sign(*m_profileData, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix));
+    m_keyChain.sign(*m_profileData, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix));
   }
   return *m_profileData;
 }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
   Name discoveryInterestName(m_profileData->getName().getPrefix(-2));
   name::Component metadataComponent(32, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>("metadata"), std::strlen("metadata"));
   discoveryInterestName.append(metadataComponent);
-  m_face.put(metadata.makeData(discoveryInterestName, m_keyChain, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix)));
+  m_face.put(metadata.makeData(discoveryInterestName, m_keyChain, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix)));
 }
 
 void
@@ -169,16 +169,16 @@
   }
   std::vector<Name> availableNames;
   for (const auto& component : availableComponents) {
-    Name newIdentityName = m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix;
+    Name newIdentityName = m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix;
     newIdentityName.append(component);
     availableNames.push_back(newIdentityName);
   }
 
   Data result;
   result.setName(request.getName());
-  result.setContent(probetlv::encodeDataContent(availableNames, m_config.m_caItem.m_maxSuffixLength, m_config.m_redirection));
+  result.setContent(probetlv::encodeDataContent(availableNames, m_config.m_caProfile.m_maxSuffixLength, m_config.m_redirection));
   result.setFreshnessPeriod(DEFAULT_DATA_FRESHNESS_PERIOD);
-  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix));
+  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix));
   m_face.put(result);
   NDN_LOG_TRACE("Handle PROBE: send out the PROBE response");
 }
@@ -237,16 +237,16 @@
   hkdf(sharedSecret.data(), sharedSecret.size(), salt.data(), salt.size(), aesKey.data(), aesKey.size());
 
   // verify identity name
-  if (!m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix.isPrefixOf(clientCert->getIdentity())
+  if (! m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix.isPrefixOf(clientCert->getIdentity())
       || !security::Certificate::isValidName(clientCert->getName())
-      || clientCert->getIdentity().size() <= m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix.size()) {
+      || clientCert->getIdentity().size() <= m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix.size()) {
       NDN_LOG_ERROR("An invalid certificate name is being requested " << clientCert->getName());
       m_face.put(generateErrorDataPacket(request.getName(), ErrorCode::NAME_NOT_ALLOWED,
                                          "An invalid certificate name is being requested."));
       return;
   }
-  if (m_config.m_caItem.m_maxSuffixLength) {
-    if (clientCert->getIdentity().size() > m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix.size() + *m_config.m_caItem.m_maxSuffixLength) {
+  if ( m_config.m_caProfile.m_maxSuffixLength) {
+    if (clientCert->getIdentity().size() > m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix.size() + * m_config.m_caProfile.m_maxSuffixLength) {
       NDN_LOG_ERROR("An invalid certificate name is being requested " << clientCert->getName());
       m_face.put(generateErrorDataPacket(request.getName(), ErrorCode::NAME_NOT_ALLOWED,
                                          "An invalid certificate name is being requested."));
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     auto expectedPeriod = clientCert->getValidityPeriod().getPeriod();
     auto currentTime = time::system_clock::now();
     if (expectedPeriod.first < currentTime - REQUEST_VALIDITY_PERIOD_NOT_BEFORE_GRACE_PERIOD ||
-        expectedPeriod.second > currentTime + m_config.m_caItem.m_maxValidityPeriod ||
+        expectedPeriod.second > currentTime + m_config.m_caProfile.m_maxValidityPeriod ||
         expectedPeriod.second <= expectedPeriod.first) {
       NDN_LOG_ERROR("An invalid validity period is being requested.");
       m_face.put(generateErrorDataPacket(request.getName(), ErrorCode::BAD_VALIDITY_PERIOD,
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
   }
   else if (requestType == RequestType::REVOKE) {
     //verify cert is from this CA
-    const auto& cert = m_keyChain.getPib().getIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix).getDefaultKey().getDefaultCertificate();
+    const auto& cert = m_keyChain.getPib().getIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix).getDefaultKey().getDefaultCertificate();
     if (!security::verifySignature(*clientCert, cert)) {
       NDN_LOG_ERROR("Invalid signature in the certificate to revoke.");
       m_face.put(generateErrorDataPacket(request.getName(), ErrorCode::BAD_SIGNATURE,
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
   }
   RequestId id;
   std::memcpy(id.data(), requestIdData, id.size());
-  RequestState requestState(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix, id, requestType,
+  RequestState requestState( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix, id, requestType,
                             Status::BEFORE_CHALLENGE, *clientCert, std::move(aesKey));
   try {
     m_storage->addRequest(requestState);
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@
   result.setContent(requesttlv::encodeDataContent(myEcdhPubKeyBase64,
                                                              salt,
                                                              requestState.m_requestId, requestState.m_status,
-                                                             m_config.m_caItem.m_supportedChallenges));
-  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix));
+                                                             m_config.m_caProfile.m_supportedChallenges));
+  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix));
   m_face.put(result);
   if (m_statusUpdateCallback) {
     m_statusUpdateCallback(requestState);
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
   result.setName(request.getName());
   result.setFreshnessPeriod(DEFAULT_DATA_FRESHNESS_PERIOD);
   result.setContent(payload);
-  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix));
+  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix));
   m_face.put(result);
   if (m_statusUpdateCallback) {
     m_statusUpdateCallback(*requestState);
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
   SignatureInfo signatureInfo;
   signatureInfo.setValidityPeriod(period);
   security::SigningInfo signingInfo(security::SigningInfo::SIGNER_TYPE_ID,
-                                    m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix, signatureInfo);
+                                    m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix, signatureInfo);
 
   m_keyChain.sign(newCert, signingInfo);
   NDN_LOG_TRACE("new cert got signed" << newCert);
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 {
   RequestId requestId;
   try {
-    auto& component = request.getName().at(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix.size() + 2);
+    auto& component = request.getName().at( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix.size() + 2);
     std::memcpy(requestId.data(), component.value(), component.value_size());
   }
   catch (const std::exception& e) {
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
   result.setName(name);
   result.setFreshnessPeriod(DEFAULT_DATA_FRESHNESS_PERIOD);
   result.setContent(errortlv::encodeDataContent(error, errorInfo));
-  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity(m_config.m_caItem.m_caPrefix));
+  m_keyChain.sign(result, signingByIdentity( m_config.m_caProfile.m_caPrefix));
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detail/ca-configuration.cpp b/src/detail/ca-configuration.cpp
index b88352b..857c6a8 100644
--- a/src/detail/ca-configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/detail/ca-configuration.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "detail/ca-configuration.hpp"
-#include "identity-challenge/challenge-module.hpp"
-#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
 #include <ndn-cxx/util/io.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
@@ -41,12 +39,12 @@
   if (configJson.begin() == configJson.end()) {
     NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("No JSON configuration found in file: " + fileName));
   }
-  m_caItem.parse(configJson);
-  if (m_caItem.m_supportedChallenges.size() == 0) {
+  m_caProfile = CaProfile::fromJson(configJson);
+  if (m_caProfile.m_supportedChallenges.size() == 0) {
     NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("At least one challenge should be specified."));
   }
   // parse redirection section if appears
-  m_redirection = nullopt;
+  m_redirection.clear();
   auto redirectionItems = configJson.get_child_optional(CONFIG_REDIRECTION);
   if (redirectionItems) {
     for (const auto& item : *redirectionItems) {
@@ -57,10 +55,7 @@
       }
       std::istringstream ss(caCertStr);
       auto caCert = io::load<security::Certificate>(ss);
-      if (!m_redirection) {
-        m_redirection = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<security::Certificate>>();
-      }
-      m_redirection->push_back(caCert);
+      m_redirection.push_back(caCert);
     }
   }
   // parse name assignment if appears
diff --git a/src/detail/ca-configuration.hpp b/src/detail/ca-configuration.hpp
index da170b9..9623464 100644
--- a/src/detail/ca-configuration.hpp
+++ b/src/detail/ca-configuration.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define NDNCERT_DETAIL_CA_CONFIGURATION_HPP
 
 #include "detail/ca-profile.hpp"
+#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ndncert {
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
 
 /**
  * @brief CA's configuration on NDNCERT.
- * @sa https://github.com/named-data/ndncert/wiki/NDNCERT-Protocol-0.3
  *
  * The format of CA configuration in JSON
  * {
@@ -53,21 +53,23 @@
 {
 public:
   /**
-   * Load CA configuration from the file.
+   * @brief Load CA configuration from the file.
    * @throw std::runtime_error when config file cannot be correctly parsed.
    */
   void
   load(const std::string& fileName);
 
 public:
-  CaProfile m_caItem;
   /**
-   * Used for CA redirection
-   * @sa https://github.com/named-data/ndncert/wiki/NDNCERT-Protocol-0.3-PROBE-Extensions#probe-extension-for-redirection
+   * @brief the CA's profile
    */
-  optional<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<security::Certificate>>> m_redirection = nullopt;
+  CaProfile m_caProfile;
   /**
-   * Name Assignment Functions
+   * @brief Used for CA redirection
+   */
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<security::Certificate>> m_redirection;
+  /**
+   * @brief Name Assignment Functions
    */
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<NameAssignmentFunc>> m_nameAssignmentFuncs;
 };
diff --git a/src/detail/ca-profile.cpp b/src/detail/ca-profile.cpp
index 4599e06..bd826e9 100644
--- a/src/detail/ca-profile.cpp
+++ b/src/detail/ca-profile.cpp
@@ -20,34 +20,34 @@
 
 #include "detail/ca-profile.hpp"
 #include "identity-challenge/challenge-module.hpp"
-#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
 #include <ndn-cxx/util/io.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ndncert {
 
-void
-CaProfile::parse(const JsonSection& configJson)
+CaProfile
+CaProfile::fromJson(const JsonSection& json)
 {
+  CaProfile profile;
   // CA prefix
-  m_caPrefix = Name(configJson.get(CONFIG_CA_PREFIX, ""));
-  if (m_caPrefix.empty()) {
+  profile.m_caPrefix = Name(json.get(CONFIG_CA_PREFIX, ""));
+  if (profile.m_caPrefix.empty()) {
     NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("Cannot parse ca-prefix from the config file"));
   }
   // CA info
-  m_caInfo = configJson.get(CONFIG_CA_INFO, "");
+  profile.m_caInfo = json.get(CONFIG_CA_INFO, "");
   // CA max validity period
-  m_maxValidityPeriod = time::seconds(configJson.get(CONFIG_MAX_VALIDITY_PERIOD, 86400));
+  profile.m_maxValidityPeriod = time::seconds(json.get(CONFIG_MAX_VALIDITY_PERIOD, 86400));
   // CA max suffix length
-  m_maxSuffixLength = nullopt;
-  auto maxSuffixLength = configJson.get_optional<size_t>(CONFIG_MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH);
+  profile.m_maxSuffixLength = nullopt;
+  auto maxSuffixLength = json.get_optional<size_t>(CONFIG_MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH);
   if (maxSuffixLength) {
-    m_maxSuffixLength = *maxSuffixLength;
+    profile.m_maxSuffixLength = *maxSuffixLength;
   }
   // probe parameter keys
-  m_probeParameterKeys.clear();
-  auto probeParametersJson = configJson.get_child_optional(CONFIG_PROBE_PARAMETERS);
+  profile.m_probeParameterKeys.clear();
+  auto probeParametersJson = json.get_child_optional(CONFIG_PROBE_PARAMETERS);
   if (probeParametersJson) {
     for (const auto& item : *probeParametersJson) {
       auto probeParameter = item.second.get(CONFIG_PROBE_PARAMETER, "");
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
       if (probeParameter == "") {
         NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("Probe parameter key cannot be empty."));
       }
-      m_probeParameterKeys.push_back(probeParameter);
+      profile.m_probeParameterKeys.push_back(probeParameter);
     }
   }
   // supported challenges
-  m_supportedChallenges.clear();
-  auto challengeListJson = configJson.get_child_optional(CONFIG_SUPPORTED_CHALLENGES);
+  profile.m_supportedChallenges.clear();
+  auto challengeListJson = json.get_child_optional(CONFIG_SUPPORTED_CHALLENGES);
   if (challengeListJson) {
     for (const auto& item : *challengeListJson) {
       auto challengeType = item.second.get(CONFIG_CHALLENGE, "");
@@ -71,16 +71,17 @@
       if (!ChallengeModule::isChallengeSupported(challengeType)) {
         NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("Challenge " + challengeType + " is not supported."));
       }
-      m_supportedChallenges.push_back(challengeType);
+      profile.m_supportedChallenges.push_back(challengeType);
     }
   }
   // anchor certificate
-  m_cert = nullptr;
-  auto certificateStr = configJson.get(CONFIG_CERTIFICATE, "");
+  profile.m_cert = nullptr;
+  auto certificateStr = json.get(CONFIG_CERTIFICATE, "");
   if (certificateStr != "") {
     std::istringstream ss(certificateStr);
-    m_cert = io::load<security::Certificate>(ss);
+    profile.m_cert = io::load<security::Certificate>(ss);
   }
+  return profile;
 }
 
 JsonSection
diff --git a/src/detail/ca-profile.hpp b/src/detail/ca-profile.hpp
index c67f5dc..c9599f9 100644
--- a/src/detail/ca-profile.hpp
+++ b/src/detail/ca-profile.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef NDNCERT_DETAIL_CA_PROFILE_HPP
 #define NDNCERT_DETAIL_CA_PROFILE_HPP
 
-#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
+#include "detail/ndncert-common.hpp"
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ndncert {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
    * Parse the configuration json and modify current struct to the result.
    * @param configJson the configuration json to parse
    */
-  void
-  parse(const JsonSection& configJson);
+  static CaProfile
+  fromJson(const JsonSection& json);
 
   /**
    * @return the JSON representation of this profile.
diff --git a/src/detail/profile-storage.cpp b/src/detail/profile-storage.cpp
index f880d1b..8fcbc9f 100644
--- a/src/detail/profile-storage.cpp
+++ b/src/detail/profile-storage.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "detail/profile-storage.hpp"
-#include "identity-challenge/challenge-module.hpp"
-#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
-#include <ndn-cxx/util/io.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 namespace ndn {
@@ -45,17 +42,17 @@
 }
 
 void
-ProfileStorage::load(const JsonSection& configSection)
+ProfileStorage::load(const JsonSection& json)
 {
-  m_caItems.clear();
-  auto caList = configSection.get_child("ca-list");
+  m_caProfiles.clear();
+  auto caList = json.get_child("ca-list");
   for (auto item : caList) {
     CaProfile caItem;
-    caItem.parse(item.second);
+    caItem = CaProfile::fromJson(item.second);
     if (caItem.m_cert == nullptr) {
       NDN_THROW(std::runtime_error("No CA certificate is loaded from JSON configuration."));
     }
-    m_caItems.push_back(std::move(caItem));
+    m_caProfiles.push_back(std::move(caItem));
   }
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@
 ProfileStorage::save(const std::string& fileName) const
 {
   JsonSection configJson;
-  for (const auto& caItem : m_caItems) {
+  for (const auto& caItem : m_caProfiles) {
     configJson.push_back(std::make_pair("", caItem.toJson()));
   }
   std::stringstream ss;
@@ -77,25 +74,25 @@
 void
 ProfileStorage::removeCaProfile(const Name& caName)
 {
-  m_caItems.remove_if([&](const CaProfile& item) { return item.m_caPrefix == caName; });
+  m_caProfiles.remove_if([&](const CaProfile& item) { return item.m_caPrefix == caName; });
 }
 
 void
 ProfileStorage::addCaProfile(const CaProfile& profile)
 {
-  for (auto& item : m_caItems) {
+  for (auto& item : m_caProfiles) {
     if (item.m_caPrefix == profile.m_caPrefix) {
       item = profile;
       return;
     }
   }
-  m_caItems.push_back(profile);
+  m_caProfiles.push_back(profile);
 }
 
 const std::list<CaProfile>&
-ProfileStorage::getCaItems() const
+ProfileStorage::getCaProfiles() const
 {
-  return m_caItems;
+  return m_caProfiles;
 }
 
 } // namespace requester
diff --git a/src/detail/profile-storage.hpp b/src/detail/profile-storage.hpp
index 0f8d1ce..eabb7c9 100644
--- a/src/detail/profile-storage.hpp
+++ b/src/detail/profile-storage.hpp
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
  * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of ndncert authors and contributors.
  */
 
-#ifndef NDNCERT_CONFIGURATION_HPP
-#define NDNCERT_CONFIGURATION_HPP
+#ifndef NDNCERT_DETAIL_PROFILE_STORAGE_HPP
+#define NDNCERT_DETAIL_PROFILE_STORAGE_HPP
 
 #include "detail/ca-profile.hpp"
-#include "name-assignment/assignment-func.hpp"
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ndncert {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
    * @throw std::runtime_error when config file cannot be correctly parsed.
    */
   void
-  load(const JsonSection& configSection);
+  load(const JsonSection& json);
 
   void
   save(const std::string& fileName) const;
@@ -60,14 +59,14 @@
   addCaProfile(const CaProfile& profile);
 
   const std::list<CaProfile>&
-  getCaItems() const;
+  getCaProfiles() const;
 
 private:
-  std::list<CaProfile> m_caItems;
+  std::list<CaProfile> m_caProfiles;
 };
 
 } // namespace requester
 } // namespace ndncert
 } // namespace ndn
 
-#endif // NDNCERT_CONFIGURATION_HPP
+#endif // NDNCERT_DETAIL_PROFILE_STORAGE_HPP