OWASP / OWASP/ASVS

lowercase vs uppercase grammar (original: 6.2.1 causes capitalization inconsistency)

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Description

Other attacks in the document such as "brute force", "rainbow table", "phising" are all in lowercase but in this requirement "Padding Oracle" is all in uppercase which may cause confusion for people who never heard about it. Especially considering Oracle is a well-established company in technology field.

My proposal is to write it in all lowercase as other attack methods.

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Research direction

Open 5.0/en/0x14-V6-Cryptography.md at the V6.2 Algorithms section and review the capitalization of “Padding Oracle” alongside the other attack methods named in the issue. Update the wording to match the document’s chosen style, then verify the rendered section and nearby terminology for consistency.

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Assessment

Tech stack
markdown
Domain
documentation, security
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
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Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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