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MUST and MUST NOT: On writing documentation

Published: 01 April 2019 Publication History

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Pronouncements without background or explanatory material are useless to those who are not also deeply steeped in the art and science of computer security or security in general. It takes a particular bend of mind to think like an attacker and a defender all at once, and most people are incapable of doing this; so, if you want the people reading the document to follow your guidance, then you must take them on a journey from ignorance to knowledge.

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Queue  Volume 17, Issue 2
Knowledge Graphs
March-April 2019
108 pages
ISSN:1542-7730
EISSN:1542-7749
DOI:10.1145/3329781
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Published: 01 April 2019
Published in QUEUE Volume 17, Issue 2

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