Talk:Chaffing and winnowing

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[edit] agriculture vs cryptography

I am neither a farmer nor a cryptographer, but I have read a little about both. As far as I can make out, there are not two things to be kept separate here, because "chaffing and winnowing" is not any kind of agricultural concept. I believe "chaffing and winnowing" is intended to mean first adding chaff, and then removing it. This is not done in agriculture; in agriculture there is no such thing as "chaffing". There is such a thing as winnowing, as described by winnowing, but "chaffing and winnowing" is a purely cryptographic concept. My change attempted to make this clear, but if the editors do not find this clear, then other readers will not either, and I have failed.

Please word this as you wish, but please do not link to grain, which is a disambiguation page.

— Pekinensis 02:06, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Blah, sorry, didn't realise that "chaffing and winnowing" wasn't an agricultural concept! I've added back a note explaining it as a source of the name. — Matt Crypto 12:32, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] cryptography or steganography

i'm not sure, and that's why i wasnt bold, but isn't this a steganography process rather than a cryptographical one. since there is no actual encryption during the process and only information hiding, i think that the first line should be changed Amenzix 20:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

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