BCP 72, RFC 3552 on Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations

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        BCP 72
        RFC 3552

        Title:      Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security
                    Considerations
        Author(s):  E. Rescorla, B. Korver
        Status:     Best Current Practice
        Date:       July 2003
        Mailbox:    ekr@rtfm.com, bkorver@xythos.com
        Pages:      44
        Characters: 110393
        SeeAlso:    BCP 72

        I-D Tag:    draft-iab-sec-cons-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3552.txt


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.

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