Depending on the system you’re documenting, you may find you need to include example IP addresses either in text or screengrabs at some point. Including real-life data from the docs/test system could leave the company you’re working for exposed to attacks, as a malicious reader may (often rightly) infer that the system used for documentation uses weak passwords, may contain development versions of software with buggy areas, and probably isn’t policed for odd looking behaviour. Continue reading “IP Addresses in Documentation”