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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>whitelist</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="white-hat.html" title="white hat"/><link rel="next" href="whizzy.html" title="whizzy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">whitelist</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="white-hat.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whizzy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="whitelist"/><dt xmlns="" id="whitelist"><b>whitelist</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 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.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="white-hat.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whizzy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">white hat </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> whizzy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>