modes is now used in one question to mean the different variants of AES. I think mode is the wrong term here - a mode would normally mean a mode of operation of a block cipher (to create a stream cipher).
@Kortuk I already mentioned some requests at comments to this answer, since Dori seemed to be willing to help:
While there's no hard-and-fast rule across the SE network, there's an overall trend towards tags using the plural version.
Consequently, I've made password a synonym of passwords (after merging them).
If there's any other tags that need tweaks, I'm happy to help.
The differential tag is used on one post to mean differential cryptanalysis. I tried to change this to differential-cryptanalysis, but this is too long (25 characters seems to be the length limit for tag names). What to do here?
The literature was created by myself, for the (later closed) question requesting literature recommendations. The same question also has the classroom tag.
Our very first question was Crypto Class in College but looking to take it to the next level, asking about book recommendations.
By design, this is not a question which permits a unique correct answer, like said in the FAQ:
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual ...
You don't want this here.
Cryptography is such an awesome fit for a Stack Exchange site. You really don't want to reach for this low-hanging fruit because of something "user interface design" allows — apples-and-oranges. UX's opinion-discussions are held within the context of evaluating a...
So, shall we delete these tags (resources, literature, classroom)? If not, could we find some descriptions (e.g. tag wiki excerpt) for these tags?
-------------------------- (I'm going to bed now, happy discussion!)
From a comment by Dori ♦ (reformatted by me):
Community still needs to:
decide if gpg should be merged into gnupg or vice versa, and
possibly decide on a "correct" spelling of cipher/cypher
(existing tags: block-cipher, stream-cipher, substitution-cypher).
Also, as I just men...
You don't want this here.
Cryptography is such an awesome fit for a Stack Exchange site. You really don't want to reach for this low-hanging fruit because of something "user interface design" allows — apples-and-oranges. UX's opinion-discussions are held within the context of evaluating a...
