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by BudVVeezer 4168 days ago
If you are investigating the CERT coding standards, I would recommend focusing on the rules more than the recommendations. The rules are normative and give excellent advice on how to write secure code. The recommendations are generally more about code quality than likely security defects.

More information on the distinction can be found at: https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode...