Question was put on hold as perhaps being not on topic. I fail to see how asking for information about a (somewhat secretive) scheme that promises to (allegedly) solve all problems passwords have today not on topic here... there is even a tag for 'passwords' and one for 'salt', are all /those/ questions not on topic?
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2Why is this question, about the question in question, downvoted questionably?– JediJul 22, 2016 at 13:32
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You have asked us to speculate on a commercial product's architecture. It's off topic because it is a question for the vendor.
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It is no more off topic than asking about what an RFC really means. The vendor has been remarkably mum about their proposal, despite this requiring broad adoption to be effective.– 0xF2Jul 24, 2016 at 5:50
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1It's off topic because we would have to speculate. As you say, the vendor is mum, and secretive. How would we be able to answer?– schroeder ModJul 24, 2016 at 13:15
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Taplink only makes sense with broad adoption, so the question is kinda necessary. And folks already turned up links to two talks, while I am asking for their (yet unpublished) whitepaper.– 0xF2Jul 24, 2016 at 14:33
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The question is necessary if you want wide-spread adoption of the product but off-topic here. There are lots of really good questions that simply don't fit here due to the nature of the forum.– schroeder ModJul 24, 2016 at 14:42
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I don't /want/ anything for their product, I just wish to understand what they are proposing. In effect, they are proposing a password standard - understanding it seems perfectly reasonable. Guess it isn't, who knows why.– 0xF2Jul 25, 2016 at 13:17
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@0xF2 you are confusing "reasonable question" with "on-topic question". Of course it is reasonable. It's just off-topic here because we can only speculate.– schroeder ModJul 25, 2016 at 13:32
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A lot of things are proprietary and require speculation. And yet they are not blanket all off-topic, are they?– 0xF2Jul 26, 2016 at 19:39
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