Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Best Practice
Pages: 44
Abstract: All RFCs are required to have a Security Considerations section. Historically, such sections have been relatively weak. This document provides guidelines to RFC authors on how to write a good Security Considerations section. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Publication Date: 2003-07-01
Status Note: Best Current Practice
DOI: 10.17487/RFC3552
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3552
Author(s): Eric Rescorla
Brian Korver
Keyword(s): Security Considerations, RFC

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Normative Reference(s)

"TCP SYN Flooding and IP Spoofing Attacks", CERT Advisory CA-1996-21, 19 September 1996, CERT. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-21.html EXTERNAL
Ylonen, T., "SSH - Secure Login Connections Over the Internet", 6th USENIX Security Symposium, p. 37-42, July 1996. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 854 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1510 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1738 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2222 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2223 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2289 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2338 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2402 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2403 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2406 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2505 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2522 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2535 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2554 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2616 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2633 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2660 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2693 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2743 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2817 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2818 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2821 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2946 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3207 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3280 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3546 [Superseded*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

10.1109-RISP.1992.213269 — 4 EXTERNAL
10.1145-242896.242897 — 5 EXTERNAL
Bellovin, S., "Guidelines for Mandating the Use of IPsec" , Work in Progress. EXTERNAL
Bellovin, S. M., "Problem Areas for the IP Security Protocols", Proceedings of the Sixth Usenix UNIX Security Symposium, July 1996. EXTERNAL
Klein, D.V., "Foiling the Cracker: A Survey of and Improvements to Password Security", 1990. EXTERNAL
Borisov, N., Goldberg, I., Wagner, D., "Intercepting Mobile Communications: The Insecurity of 802.11", http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-draft.pdf EXTERNAL
Box, D., Ehnebuske, D., Kakivaya, G., Layman, A., Mendelsoh, N., Nielsen, H., Thatte, S., Winer, D., "Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1", May 2000. EXTERNAL
Morris, R.T., "A Weakness in the 4.2 BSD UNIX TCP/IP Software", AT&T Bell Laboratories, CSTR 117, 1985. EXTERNAL
"Denial-Of-Service Tools" CERT Advisory CA-1999-17, 28 December 1999, CERT http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA- 1999-17.html EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 977 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1414 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1704 [Active*]
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SSCID.14281976 — 26 EXTERNAL

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