• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Obviously, “It Depends™” but usually an allowlist is better than a blocklist because it fails closed in a sense.

    • ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca
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      1 day ago

      Yeah, that’s why they both have their applications. If you want to just block some things and allow everything else, use a blacklist. If you want to block everything but some things, use a whitelist.

      Attempting to do with one what the other is designed for is an exercise in frustration IMHO. Hence asking.