Re: Survey on the use of IP blacklists for threat mitigation

[Hank Nussbacher]

On 16/06/2020 22:08, J. Hellenthal via NANOG wrote: This issue was raised in Reddit and Github: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/h149em/calls_to_replace_blacklist_whitelist_black_hat/ https://www.techspot.com/news/85631-github-replace-terms-whitelist-blacklist-masterslave-racially-insensitive.html and is not limited to the term "blacklist". -Hank Note: the views expressed above are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer Guess we all better start rewriting all of the documentation out there because some PC marketing snowflake wants to get extra brownie points and attention for classifying a color in RGB into a racial divide for which it never originated. blacklists are not always deny/block/disallow and conformed of things that allow you to take actions whatever your choosing upon their contents and your policies. What’s next ? redlisting ? Don’t offend the Russians ... blue ? Don’t want to offend the police ... Leave this crap off the list, it’s not helping anyone. SMH --   J. Hellenthal The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. On Jun 16, 2020, at 13:27, Ryan Landry <ryan.lan...@gmail.com> wrote:  In kind, I'd like to encourage the use of terms like permit/accept list or deny/block list. Respectfully, -Ryan On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 11:33 AM Rachee Singh <rachee.si...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi NANOG community, We are a group of researchers studying the use of IP blacklists as a mechanism to mitigate security threats -- particularly over the IPv6 Internet. We would like to understand if and how you use IP blacklists to secure your networks. Please consider taking our short survey: https://forms.gle/ZEsxyiBivJAfLF7e6 The survey will be anonymous unless you choose to identify yourself. Thanks, Rachee UMass Amherst