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 <c...@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 > c...@pobox.com > >
