Security is a top priority in the development of Ziggy STARKdust. This document outlines some security best practices that contributors should follow, as well as procedures for reporting security vulnerabilities.

• Understandable and Simplicity: Keep your code as simple and straightforward as possible.

• Code Reviews: Every pull request must be reviewed by at least one other developer who is knowledgeable about the code and context.

• Limited Scope: Minimize the accessibility of functions, classes, and variables by reducing their scope whenever possible.

• Error Handling: Always check for error returns unless you are absolutely sure that the function cannot return an error.

• Input Validation: Validate input from all untrusted data sources.

We adhere to the NASA Power of Ten Rules for safer code:

1. Avoid complex flow constructs, such as goto and recursion.
2. All loops must have a fixed upper bound and be provably terminable.
3. Avoid dynamic memory allocation after initialization.
4. No function should be longer than what can be printed on a single sheet of paper.
5. Assert liberally to document internal assumptions and invariants.
6. Minimize global and shared data.
7. Use at least two runtime assertions per function.
8. Data objects must be declared at the smallest possible level of scope.
9. Check the return value of all non-void functions, or cast to void to indicate the result is useless.
10. Limit the scope of data to the smallest possible lexical scope.

For critical vulnerabilities, please do NOT open an issue. Instead, send an email directly to security@starkware.co.

Critical vulnerabilities include but are not limited to:

• Code execution attacks
• Privilege escalation
• Data leaks

For non-critical vulnerabilities, such as issues that are relevant but do not pose an immediate threat to the integrity of the system, you may open a GitHub issue in the ziggy-starkdust repository.

Adhering to these guidelines is essential for ensuring that Ziggy STARKdust remains a secure and reliable codebase. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

For any further questions, feel free to contact security@starkware.co.