On 2005-12-05 10:50:29 -0800, Douglas Otis wrote: > There could be a minor concern regarding the use of the term > blacklist. This could create additional expenditures explaining how > an IP black-hole list (terminology used in BGP) is different from the > blacklisting of an individual, as such definitions carry significant > legal importance. It may be helpful to substitute to the term "black- > hole list" for "blacklist." I don't think so. The terms "blacklist" and "whitelist" have well defined meanings. A blacklist is a list of known bad guys (well, usually not guys, but IP addresses, domain names, email addresses, public keys or whatever your list contains) by some criteria, while a whitelist is a list of known good guys. What you do with those lists is up to you. The term "blackhole list" otoh suggests strongly the purpose of the list: The addresses on the list should be blackholed, i.e., any traffic from (and maybe to) them dropped. hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | Ich sehe nun ein, dass Computer wenig |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR | geeignet sind, um sich was zu merken. | | | hjp at hjp.at | __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Holger Lembke in dan-am
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