On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 01:54:23 -0700 Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote:
> "I will whitelist the syscall" -- sounds correct to me (same for > "it is whitelisted" or "it is in whitelisting mode"). > > "I will allow-list the syscall" -- sounds wrong to me (same for > "it is allow-listed" or "it is in allow-listing mode"). That's because we can't just make "allow-list" a drop in replacement for "whitelist" as I too (native English speaker) find it awkward. But then we don't need to make it a drop in replacement. "I will whitelist the syscall" will become "I will add the syscall to the allow-list", which sounds perfectly fine, and even better than saying "I will add the syscall to the whitelist". -- Steve
