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Do we want bitcoin/cryptocurrency related questions? A cryptocurrency tag?
Do we want bitcoin/cryptocurrency related questions?
Questions about the cryptographic mechanisms are fine, questions about economy, usage, acquisition, ... are not!
What we do with the questions of ...
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How can we modify our close reason and help center texts to allow "some" coding questions?
Side-Channel attacks and their mitigations are on-topic.
The above is the line I would draw. If answers to questions on the above require digging into code / how compilers (likely) do some things, so ...
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Should we allow generic questions about block chain?
Should we allow generic questions about block chain?
If it's about cryptography, yes. For example, How did the signature malleability flaw in Monero work?, or What is the impact of quantum computers ...
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Should we allow crypto-specific tool related questions?
I believe we should be a bit flexible about that and determine it on a case-by-case basis. In particular, we should think whether or not cryptographic expertise is required to make use of the tool. If ...
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How should questions be handled involving code?
Here are our current policies:
We keep a question (i.e. as a user upvote it if it's good) when there's a reasonable interpretation of it that uses a minimal amount of code only to illustrate a point, ...
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How to deal with ransomware questions?
There is some value to these questions, we should instead create a canonical question and answer about breaking modern cryptography with known plaintext/ciphertext pairs (maybe we already have a good ...
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Are questions asking what [crypto term] is and used for on-topic?
I believe it should be on-topic, as the implicit question is not just what does the term mean, but how does it work, what is it for, etc. I asked a similar question about the wide-trail design ...
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Suggestion for policy of banning questions
First off, we are trying to do a better job at making people feel more welcome here, though we are not perfect.
If no such site exists or is not known, then your site is the best shot the person ...
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Do we want to allow questions asking for random test vectors?
Yes, we accept such questions here.
Up until today, we have generally accepted requests for official test-vectors here. As questions like the one quoted in the question are perfectly answerable, we ...
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Are we allowed to illustrate questions about cryptographic algorithms with executable code?
Yes, you are allowed to post code to illustrate a question. Preferably this code is easy to understand. Pseudo-code could be better for this, as any API/language has hard to understand constructs to ...
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Suggestion for policy of banning questions
First up: your question is not banned! It has been put "on hold" and can be reopened as soon as it is on-topic. So, if you can edit the question in a way that it is not off-topic anymore, just do it!
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Suggestion for policy of banning questions
We cannot function as a site in that manner. For example, questions about kiwis are not appropriate here, nor am I reasonably the right person to try and locate the best place to ask about kiwis. That ...
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(When) are reference requests actually on-topic here?
Allow (some) open-ended requests and close the rest as duplicates
This is effectively the same proposal as Ilmari made in his opening post and his answer with one key difference: We allow exactly one ...
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Can crypto.SE help with implementing a secure protocol?
Can crypto.SE help with implementing a secure protocol?
Yes, but not when it comes to practical "software development".
In it's simplest way, one could say Crypto.SE can help you understand what is ...
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Are questions asking what [crypto term] is and used for on-topic?
I would agree with you, that questions like this should generally be on-topic. The specific question is actually quite bad. It shows a severe lack of research, as the author did not even seem to ...
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Should we rethink our position related to questions about cryptographic software and libraries?
I think we should at least re-consider our position.
Why sending users elsewhere might be bad
Other stackexchange sites don't necessarily have users that are knowledgeable about crypto. In fact, we ...
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When is it approriate to include code in an answer?
If it compliments an answer, code is fine.
But you don't want to end up posting a code-only answer or a short answer with a wall-of-code (100 lines +) appended as you'ld be risking users to mistake ...
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RWC is around the corner, will you be there and want to be greeted?
I will be there!
Can recognize me by my name :)
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RWC is around the corner, will you be there and want to be greeted?
I will be there!
I may find me:
possibly wearing a Crypto.SE shirt
or with a Radboud University tag
(2) will either be me (~10% chance) or one of my colleagues.
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Would questions asking for "formal verification" tools on-topic?
Formal verification tools cover a wide range of topics.
I think that there is some very interesting work being done with protocol verification tools such as CryptoVerif, EasyCrypt, ProVerif and ...
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Are NFT questions on topic on crypto.stackexchange?
Generally they are not, unless they are explicitly about the cryptographic algorithms used to implement the NFT. If they are about the general security you could ask on IT Security. If they are about ...
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RWC is around the corner, will you be there and want to be greeted?
I will be there!
For starters you can recognize me by:
The Crypto.SE shirt I will be wearing
My name sign having the initials "J P M"
My avatar being on a physical button I will wear along with a ...
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inappropriate migrations of crypto questions to stackoverflow
We should make an effort to isolate a cryptography question from a coding question if it's unclear, before we irreversibly migrate the question to a forum that is ill-suited to answering cryptography ...
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Are we allowed to illustrate questions about cryptographic algorithms with executable code?
Are we allowed to use it to illustrate questions about cryptographic algorithms, or must any questions with executable code be migrated to stackoverflow.com?
Answers are most definitely allowed to ...
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Is cryptosystem recommendation on-topic?
No, it would not be on topic for two reasons:
StackExchange acts as a question / answer site and knowledgebase. However, requests for consultancy are not on topic. These kind of "questions" commonly ...
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How should questions be handled involving code?
I will try to write a shorter version of SEJPM's answer.
How the algorithm works is Cryptography
How the algorithm is used is Information Security
How the algorithm is implemented and contains errors ...
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Which cryptocurrency sites are there on Stack Exchange and everywhere else?
Yes, we can create a list of crypto-currency sites on Stack Exchange and elsewhere. However, I've decided that this list is better hosted at the generic meta pages as wiki answer, as many users of ...
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How to deal with ransomware questions?
Generally
I don’t think we can come up with a definite “keep” or “kill” to this meta Q as we’ve all seen that a “good question” can make very much sense and show imense quality, even when the topic ...
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inappropriate migrations of crypto questions to stackoverflow
About this particular question
The code you published is an attempt to replicate test vectors, and failing. Most likely this is because of an implementation mistake or a error in trying to convert ...
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There is no catch-all off-topic close reason
Can we add a new close reason, such as this?
I don't think we want to have a generic close reason.
The point of having a standard close-reason is to communicate clearly that a question is off-topic ...
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