References for NDSS

What NDSS expects

• Manuscript format: LaTeX only
• Template: IEEEtran (NDSS-hosted template), two-column, 10pt Times
• Citation style: Numbered citations — conventional for the IEEEtran template NDSS uses.

As with other IEEEtran-based venues, BibTeX is the standard way to manage the bibliography for this template.

Setting up the bibliography

In your main .tex file, where the reference list should appear:

\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{refs}

IEEEtran ships its own .bst of the same name, so the style line matches the class. Build with pdflatex, then bibtex, then pdflatex twice more, so both the in-text citations and the reference list resolve.

Things that catch people out

• A numbered IEEEtran bibliography lists entries in citation order, not alphabetically, so renumbering happens automatically when you reorder the text.
• NDSS uses the IEEEtran class but hosts its own template file; build against the one linked from the venue rather than a generic IEEEtran download.