Change all references from whitelist to allowlist #1054
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Since "whitelist" implies a deny-by-default configuration (with "blacklist" implying the reverse), we should add some text to clarify that this is the case. At least to my ear, "allowlist" doesn't have that implication (at least not as apparently as "whitelist").
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I should've better clarified my point here -- the title "device allowlist" is totally fine (and I prefer it to "allowed device list"). What I was suggesting is to add a single sentence which says something like:
The allow-list MUST have a default deny-all policy, meaning that if it is omitted no device access is permitted.
This would not be a change in behaviour (since that is how all implementations have worked and is technically already required by the term "whitelist") but instead just a clarification.
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@giuseppe Indeed. In particular, the text on pseudoterminals should also be revised to use "ptmx" and "pty" or something like that. There was a twitter thread about this a few days ago. |
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Well allowlist and denylist was the name referenced in blog above, which is why I went with it. I am fine with picking some other name or just adding clarification data. |
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I've performed the same change in crun after seeing that discussion :-) my first thought was for using |
thanks. LGTM |
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@cyphar @thaJeztah PTAL |
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s/whitelist/allowlist/ reads better IMHO.
We want to move to more enclusive names/terms in our code, and remove problematic language from code and comments. We want to change reference for whitelist/blacklist to allowlist/denylist. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language We also want to fix slave references to pty for pseutoterminals. We will change the slave refererences to whatever the kernel specifies, once the kernel fixes it's references. Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <thaJeztah@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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LGTM |
We want to move to more enclusive names/terms in our code, and remove problematic language
from code and comments.
We want to change reference for whitelist/blacklist to allowlist/denylist.
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language
Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com