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"Allowlist" and "denylist" are sonically awkward. Why not "inlist" and "outlist"?
by scythe 5y ago
"Allowlist" and "denylist" are sonically awkward. Why not "inlist" and "outlist"?
- scottyah 5y agoIn the context of IP filtering, I would assume those lists would differentiate one-way traffic instead of the regular all or nothing.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoDirectional terms like that would be confusing in a lot of infrastructure discussions. An outbound firewall rule's "outlist" is the list of things that don't go out.
- layer8 5y agoThat’d discriminate against the outgroup. Although I guess “denylist” would be offensive to <whatever> deniers?
- rougka 5y agoI want to offer greenlist and redlist And to those who say this is not inclusive to the colorblind, I say traffic lights
- onion2k 5y agoGreenlist and redlist would fail in a global company. Plenty of cultures use red as a color that promotes positivity rather than a negative color. Japan has blue rather than green for their "Go" color. And so on.
- rougka 5y agoI still think traffic lights would work as that’s almost a universal global standard (isn’t Japan the only exception?) and it works well in English But I think we can agree that the goal when choosing these names isn’t really being concise and easy to use
- alex_suzuki 5y agoWell yes, traffic lights are a problem, I’m red-green color blind myself. But the brain is smart enough to supply the right „color“ because it knows that red is on top and green is below. Wait a second, is that offensive towards the color green? ;-)
- sgustard 5y agoI've always wondered how you handle those lights at night, if you can't see the enclosure; and how you handle the occasional horizontal traffic light, which my town has one of.
- gs17 5y agoI'm still not sure why blocklist wasn't the goto replacement. Depending on your accent, you might not even notice!
- mensetmanusman 5y agoIn and out doesn’t seem very inclusive, there should only be an inlist!