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Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation

From: "Harald Koch" <chk () pobox com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:42:24 -0400

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, at 15:08, J. Hellenthal via NANOG wrote:

blacklists are not always deny/block/disallow and conformed of things that allow you to take actions whatever your 
choosing upon their contents and your policies.

What’s next ? redlisting ? Don’t offend the Russians ... blue ? Don’t want to offend the police ...


How about - don't use colour at all, since it's just a culture-specific proxy for the actual meaning? "blacklist" and 
"whitelist" are challenging for ESL and for people from other cultures. Block list, allow list, filter list, etc. are 
all more precise terms that happen to be easier for everyone to understand.

Improving technical jargon is always worthwhile.

-- 
Harald Koch
chk () pobox com

Current thread:

Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Rachee Singh (Jun 16)
- Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Ryan Landry (Jun 16)
  - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation J. Hellenthal via NANOG (Jun 16)
    - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Harald Koch (Jun 16)
    - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Alex Conner (Jun 16)
    - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Ryan Landry (Jun 16)
    - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Hank Nussbacher (Jun 18)
- Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Rogers, Zachery (Jun 16)
  - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Rachee Singh (Jun 16)
    - Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Gary E. Miller (Jun 16)
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- Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation Rogers, Zachery (Jun 16)