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Should keys-size be renamed to key-size?
I've simply gone ahead and merged it with key-size, without creating a synonym. I don't think it warrants one because it is just a misspelling of sorts (probably some questions took this tag because ...
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Should we merge [hybrid] and [hybrid-encryption]?
Yes, merging hybrid into hybrid-encryption is adequate.
I suggest a definition: Hybrid encryption combines secret-key and public-key cryptography into an encryption scheme. It is kept the distinctive ...
fgrieuMod
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Should we have a "rotor-machines" tag?
Yes
Having a tag entitled rotor-machines will be beneficial. It will help users find information that relates to this important subject.
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About the tags SHA-3 and Keccak?
Keccak is an algorithm (a public permutation). SHA-3 is a set of standardizations for Keccak parameters and determines how it can form a sponge function which makes the core of SHA-3.
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How can delet a bad-tag from Tags list or inform the moderators?
What is the procedure for a case like this, that there is a "bad tag" and should be deleted, or should inform the moderators to investigate it?
It depends. Asking on Meta about it as you ...
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About the tags hardness-assumption and hard-problem
I just merged the tags, in accordance to this earlier Q/A and an internal consensus among the moderators, so there is no more difference between the two tags.
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Should hard-problem be made a synonym of hardness-assumption?
hard-problem has been merged into hardness-assumptions.
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Two rival tags, [tpm] and [trusted-platform-module], both for the same topic. Neither is officially a synonym for the other
Agreed, these should be synonyms, and using tag [trusted-platform-module] is best because TPM can have multiple meanings. Note that typing ...
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Two rival tags, [tpm] and [trusted-platform-module], both for the same topic. Neither is officially a synonym for the other
Agreed, these should be synonyms, and using tag [tpm] is best because although TPM has multiple meanings, it is unlikely to be confused within the field of ...
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Synonym request: [pkcs7] -> [cms]
It's not actually "around half" -- sorting the questions by "Activity" yielded a very biased sample! Digging deeper:
Of the 70 questions mentioning "pkcs7" or "PKCS#...
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Should we have a "rotor-machines" tag?
No
We already have a tag for cryptographic-hardware.
Rotor machines are adequately labeled under the current tags of ...
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The "hash-based-cryptography" tag same as the "hash-signature"?
hash-based-cryptography is now a synomyn of hash-signature.
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