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usenixsec-experiments
Use when designing or auditing the evaluation of a USENIX Security Symposium paper — building threat-model-faithful experiments, adaptive-attacker analysis for defenses, false-positive and vantage-point rigor for detection and measurement, ethical experimentation on live systems, and honest baselines.
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# USENIX Security Experiments
The evaluation is where USENIX Security papers are won or lost, and the committee
reads it as an adversary would: looking for the experiment you did not run because
it would have hurt. This skill audits security evaluations against the venue's
specific rigor bars. It pairs with `usenixsec-reproducibility` (making runs
regenerable) and `usenixsec-writing-style` (reporting them).
## Match the experiment to the claim type
| Claim type | The experiment reviewers demand | The usual gap |
|---|---|---|
| Attack | End-to-end demonstration on a realistic target, success rate over trials | Works only in a toy setup; success rate is one lucky run |
| Defense | **Adaptive** attacker who knows the defense, plus overhead | Evaluated only against the original, non-adaptive attack |