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14 questions linked to/from Let's actually vote on our site-specific close reasons! (2019 edition)
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Do we want "literature recommendations" and similar "list/subjective questions"?
Our very first question was https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/1/crypto-class-in-college-but-looking-to-take-it-to-the-next-level, asking about book recommendations.
By design, this is not a ...
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Let's actually vote on our site-specific close reasons! (2016 edition)
We recently had the question here on meta coming up whether we should make "request for analyzing the security of a scheme" one of our three site-specific close reasons.
Obviously this would mean we ...
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Do we want to update the way we handle homework questions?
Just today and yesterday there were at least two questions that showed no effort and just copy-pasted their cryptography homework assignments. These questions will most likely see little activity ...
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Asking homework questions
Is it desirable for people to ask a homework question here?
Set aside for now the question of how this would be enforced. I'm more interesting in the policy question, and in our goals. Is this ...
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Do we want "challenge"/analyse-this questions and if so what constraints, if any, should we put on them?
So earlier I decided to close this question based on several factors. I chose too localised, because I don't think such a question really benefits anyone as it stands.
This raised the question in my ...
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Should we allow questions about amateur ciphers?
Our FAQ currently says:
Do we accept questions asking for cryptanalysis of your cipher (hash function, ...) design?
No, we do not. If you want peer review of your full cryptographic scheme, here is ...
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How can we modify our close reason and help center texts to allow "some" coding questions?
We recently had the following question: Timing vulnerability of byte array equality test?
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Would the following code to test MAC equality leak timing information ?
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Capture the flag questions
Currently we seem to get quite a lot of capture-the-flag questions. The idea of these capture the flag challenges is not to ask for a solution on the internet, it seems to me. Should we possibly ...
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Is code review in scope?
Is reviewing the cryptographic aspects of a block of code on-topic for this site?
Example: Am I insecurely implementing AES in Python?
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Is Reviewing an Implementation On Topic?
I am implementing a protocol and something's gone wrong. I've checked my code and I think it's fine; I believe I've misunderstood the protocol itself.
Would it be on topic to post my understanding of ...
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How to answer homework questions?
I hate seeing a homework question, because I never know how to answer. It has been decided before that good homework questions are acceptable, but there was no real guidance on how to answer them.
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Handling of questions that match a good running CTF
This question was about a running Catch The Flag competition reportedly organized by German officials, with an especially interestign question. Asking on crypto.SE was no clear violation of the CTF ...
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How do we handle sourcecode requests?
My meta-question is inspired by this question, which obviously asks for example sourcecode:
Example sage code would be perfect, source code in any language would work as well.
This got me thinking…...
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Are questions about the articulation of cryptographic concepts and methods in software development on topic?
I've been asking some application-related questions recently:
is-a-random-length-extension-worth-the-effort
tips-on-conceiving-safe-software-messaging-platform
And I wonder if software application ...
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