[DOCS-14536] Documentation links to outdated version of Wikipedia articles Created: 03/Jun/21  Updated: 30/Oct/23  Resolved: 04/Jun/21

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Task Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Sheeri Cabral (Inactive) Assignee: Stennie Steneker (Inactive)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
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 Description   

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URL: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/security-client-side-encryption/#encryption-algorithms

Links to a wikipedia article in the paragraph,

"MongoDB client-side field level encryption uses the encrypt-then-MAC approach combined with either a deterministic or random initialization vector to encrypt field values. MongoDB only supports the AEAD AES-256-CBC encryption algorithm with HMAC-SHA-512 MAC."

 

As reported here, that link is outdated and should be replaced with the current one at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption#Authenticated_encryption_with_associated_data_(AEAD)

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Comment by Githook User [ 04/Jun/21 ]

Author:

{'name': 'Stephen Steneker', 'email': 'git@stennie.dev', 'username': 'stennie'}

Message: Fix DOCS-14536: Documentation links to outdated version of Wikipedia articles
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/3b31902542bfe6d138f81ad35470a275b911f162

Comment by Sheeri Cabral (Inactive) [ 04/Jun/21 ]

Historically, we have intentionally linked to a specific version of a Wikipedia article from the docs to ensure that the information we are linking to is accurate at the time we link to it. Essentially, we want to avoid the possibility of linking to a version of the article that has been edited with misinformation, or changed to be something unrelated from the original intent of the link.

That makes sense; however, it can make users feel like the documentation is less trustworthy because it's not "up to date". It's up to you if that changes your strategy.

Comment by Stennie Steneker (Inactive) [ 03/Jun/21 ]

Other references to old wikipedia article versions:

source/includes/fact-merge-same-collection-warning.rst
11: <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halloween_Problem&oldid=738886300>`__.

source/release-notes/4.4.txt
1620:- `TCP Fast Open (en.wikipedia.org) <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TCP_Fast_Open&oldid=922380898>`__

source/reference/configuration-options.txt
931: `link-local IPv6 address <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Link-local_address&oldid=880793020#IPv6>`_
933: `zone index <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPv6_address&oldid=877601778#Scoped_literal_IPv6_addresses>`_

source/reference/program/mongos.txt
204: `link-local IPv6 address <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Link-local_address&oldid=880793020#IPv6>`_
206: `zone index <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPv6_address&oldid=877601778#Scoped_literal_IPv6_addresses>`_

source/reference/program/mongod.txt
212: `link-local IPv6 address <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Link-local_address&oldid=880793020#IPv6>`_
214: `zone index <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPv6_address&oldid=877601778#Scoped_literal_IPv6_addresses>`_

source/reference/method/Date.txt
25: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time?oldid=803266145>`__.

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