From 9ee19bca752d943a73aa4c341768f9b21c116cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:05:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Black and whitelist --- entries/blacklist.txt | 4 ++++ entries/webify.txt | 5 ++--- entries/webmaster.txt | 3 +-- entries/whitelist.txt | 9 ++++----- 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) create mode 100644 entries/blacklist.txt diff --git a/entries/blacklist.txt b/entries/blacklist.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65f0a51 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/blacklist.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +blacklist + +aka blocklist or denylist. A list of users or domains to be blocked. This can +be to avoid spam or harassment. Also see whitelist. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entries/webify.txt b/entries/webify.txt index 664ae59..4f865cd 100644 --- a/entries/webify.txt +++ b/entries/webify.txt @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ webify n. To put a piece of (possibly already existing) material on the WWW. -Frequently used for papers ( Why don't you webify all your publications? ) -or for demos ( They webified their 6.866 final project ). This term seems to +Frequently used for papers (Why don't you webify all your publications?) +or for demos (They webified their 6.866 final project). This term seems to have been (rather logically) independently invented multiple times in the early 1990s. - diff --git a/entries/webmaster.txt b/entries/webmaster.txt index 0e9319b..4611c0d 100644 --- a/entries/webmaster.txt +++ b/entries/webmaster.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ webmaster -n. [WWW: from postmaster ] The person at a site providing World Wide Web +n. [WWW: from postmaster] The person at a site providing World Wide Web information who is responsible for maintaining the public pages and keeping the Web server running and properly configured. - diff --git a/entries/whitelist.txt b/entries/whitelist.txt index 1872c8c..673363b 100644 --- a/entries/whitelist.txt +++ b/entries/whitelist.txt @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ whitelist -n. The opposite of a blacklist. That is, instead of being an explicit list -of people who are banned, it's an explicit list of people who are to be -admitted. Hackers use this especially of lists of email addresses that are -explicitly enabled to get past strict anti-spam filters. - +n. The opposite of a blacklist. aka "allow list" That is, instead of being +an explicit list of people or domains who are banned, it's an explicit list of +people who are to be admitted. Hackers use this especially of lists of +email addresses that are explicitly enabled to get past strict anti-spam filters.