Talk:Rot 13: Difference between revisions
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One of the first questions is how self-contained they need to be, assuming that a naive user is looking up a subject. In this case, for example, you can't assume the user knows what a Caesar cipher is -- but it is reasonable to say something along the lines of "since this is meant for [administrative - don't line the word] concealment than active confidentiality, it doesn't need any more cryptographic strength than the most basic tool, the [[Caesar cipher]], invented by [[Julius Caesar]]." [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC) | One of the first questions is how self-contained they need to be, assuming that a naive user is looking up a subject. In this case, for example, you can't assume the user knows what a Caesar cipher is -- but it is reasonable to say something along the lines of "since this is meant for [administrative - don't line the word] concealment than active confidentiality, it doesn't need any more cryptographic strength than the most basic tool, the [[Caesar cipher]], invented by [[Julius Caesar]]." [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC) | ||
== Slashdot == | |||
On April 1, Slashdot announced a "rot13 intintiative"; logged in users see unencrypted articles, others see a rot13 version until they click on a decrypt button. [http://meta.slashdot.org/story/13/03/31/0116222/a-new-benefit-for-logged-in-readers-meet-slashdots-rot13-initiative?sdsrc=rel] [[User:Sandy Harris|Sandy Harris]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:37, 1 April 2013
Wondering about approval
Is it appropriate, I wonder, to think about Approving:
- Deal completely with a simple subject
- Are short
One of the first questions is how self-contained they need to be, assuming that a naive user is looking up a subject. In this case, for example, you can't assume the user knows what a Caesar cipher is -- but it is reasonable to say something along the lines of "since this is meant for [administrative - don't line the word] concealment than active confidentiality, it doesn't need any more cryptographic strength than the most basic tool, the Caesar cipher, invented by Julius Caesar." Howard C. Berkowitz 14:23, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Slashdot
On April 1, Slashdot announced a "rot13 intintiative"; logged in users see unencrypted articles, others see a rot13 version until they click on a decrypt button. [1] Sandy Harris