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# Is it in OWW's "open" or "wiki" nature to have pages that are private in any form? | # Is it in OWW's "open" or "wiki" nature to have pages that are private in any form? | ||
# What's the "right" way to do encryption? | # What's the "right" way to do encryption? | ||
#*'''[[User:Austin|Austin]] 16:38, 20 April 2006 (EDT)''': The current implementation allows users to put <nowiki><encrypt></nowiki> tags around any text they wish to encrypt. Keys are stored via users' preferences. Text is automatically encrypted/decrypted on views/edits if a proper key is found. | #*'''[[User:Austin|Austin]] 16:38, 20 April 2006 (EDT)''': The current implementation allows users to put <nowiki><encrypt></nowiki> tags around any text they wish to encrypt. Keys are stored via users' preferences. Text is automatically encrypted/decrypted on views/edits if a proper key is found. | ||
#*'''[[User:Austin|Austin]] 16:59, 20 April 2006 (EDT)''': File uploads (images) are not encrypted. This could be another issue. | |||
# How would people likely use such features? Would the majority of their content be public or not? | |||
#*'''[[User:Austin|Austin]] 16:38, 20 April 2006 (EDT)''': My belief is that anything to get people on to OWW is good even if some of the content is private. | |||
Revision as of 13:59, 20 April 2006
There have been requests and questions about having content on OWW that is not public, not indexed by Google, not editable by everyone on OWW, etc. This page aims to discuss this policy.
There seem to be 2 major methods of implementation:
- Groups + access control (rumors MediaWiki may be working on this).
- Encryption. I have implemented an extension which does this. It's available on the dev dot openwetware site for anyone who wants to play around with it.
Discussion Questions:
- Is it in OWW's "open" or "wiki" nature to have pages that are private in any form?
- What's the "right" way to do encryption?
- Austin 16:38, 20 April 2006 (EDT): The current implementation allows users to put <encrypt> tags around any text they wish to encrypt. Keys are stored via users' preferences. Text is automatically encrypted/decrypted on views/edits if a proper key is found.
- Austin 16:59, 20 April 2006 (EDT): File uploads (images) are not encrypted. This could be another issue.
- How would people likely use such features? Would the majority of their content be public or not?
- Austin 16:38, 20 April 2006 (EDT): My belief is that anything to get people on to OWW is good even if some of the content is private.
