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

[Alex Conner <hello () codatory com>]

If we want to go down that rabbit trail, then aren’t we talking about
Reputation lists?

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 3:44 PM Harald Koch <chk () pobox com> wrote:

> 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