Questions tagged [acceptable-question]
For discussing whether specific types of questions are allowed on this site or not.
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OK to ask if a particuar app store's vetting is sufficient for a high risk app under non-targeted conditions?
I want to ask whether it is safe to install an app from a high-risk provider. Googling has shown that Apple's app store does vetting of code to prevent stealing of information from personal ...
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Should we be more strict about analysis of reports from vulnerability scanners?
The phenomenon
We regularly get questions where OP has run a vulnerability scanner on an application and asks for help with interpretation of the results. Usually they quote part of the scanner's ...
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Is a question asking if old answers to same/similar question are still valid acceptable?
As technology evolves, answers to some questions might get outdated. Now, if I see a question which I know has outdated answers, I can either post a new answer, or ask a question which points out why ...
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How can I salvage my question after it got "lost in migration confusion"?
I have a question about my Information Security Stack Exchange post: I have been a victim, but of what?
This is the timeline of what happened to my question:
Tuesday, 03:20 PM: I wrote a question on ...
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Can anyone look into wireshark logs and say if anything suspicious?
Is such type of question acceptable here?
Idk, I am looking for anything like requests from LAN through my computer's vpn to anything unusual like torrent clients, games sites/servers various video ...
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Closure of "How to “unprotect” malicious workbook without knowing password"
I had some questions about why my post was closed and I thought I would come here for answers and clarification of site rules and closing criteria.
My question,How to "unprotect" malicious ...
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Are opinion-based questions allowed on meta?
When a question related to security is opinion-based, can we ask it on meta? And can we ask opinion-based question on meta in general?
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Is this question on topic here?
I have a question about cryptography algorithm difference:
Rhinjael has been choosen over Serpent (and other) for AES. However, Serpent has been considere less vulnerable to attack in theory. But, ...
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Can I ask about the risks of running an out of date Operating System?
Lately, I've been thinking about the Windows 7 end of support, what kind of impact it could have (e.g. security and vulnerability wise).
I know it's dangerous, but I don't know if I'm still at risk ...
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Would this question be accepted here?
I am writing a brief paper at university about "state malware". I write that I think there are certain different types (1. Against enemy states e.g. Stuxnet. 2. Against the citizens e.g. surveillance ...
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Are questions about lock security on-topic?
Back in 2011, there was a question on meta, asking if physical security questions are on-topic. The general tone of the answers seem to indicate that these questions are welcome.
My question now is, ...
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Are news article identification questions on-topic?
I have a news article I am really trying to recall. The story being a disgruntled employee modifies all email accounts to pass authentication regardless of the given password.
While this relates to ...
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Which question guidelines exist on security stackexchange?
It seems that one should avoid question about cyber security tools (Since it is very opinion based. But is it allowed to ask about how specific popular tools work?), no code reviews, obviously no ...
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Are questions that might only be answerable by the respective companies or their customers off-topic?
Could any of these be asked on-topic & answerable? I would really like to know more about yet another vulnerability management challenge currently getting buried in the ever growing pile of issues ...
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Can I ask for a Solution Manual of an Information Security Textbook?
I am an M.Sc. student in Information Security/ CyberSecurity/ Cryptography. I want to ask for a very famous textbook's solution manual, is it okay? Also, I want to ask for recommendations for exam/...
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