From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ipblacklist: IP Address Blacklists
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:10:37 +0000
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Hi,

> On 16 Dec 2019, at 23:05, Tom Rymes <trymes(a)rymes.com> wrote:
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> On 12/16/2019 5:20 PM, Michael Tremer wrote:> Hi,
> >
> >> On 16 Dec 2019, at 20:06, Tim FitzGeorge <lists(a)tfitzgeorge.me.uk> wro=
te:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've attached the current GUI screenshot.
> >
> > Thanks for that.
> >
> > I have a couple of suggestions/concerns about it:
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> [snip]
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> > c) I would suggest to remove the =E2=80=9Csafe=E2=80=9D column because th=
at is a very hard summary of what the lists do. We should explain that on the=
 wiki. I guess this is too complicated to explain to our users in one sentenc=
e and it needs at least a page of text. People who do not read that have you =
just lost out.
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> [snip]
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> May I opine that the "Safe" information would be helpful to me in the WUI. =
Perhaps we can be more explicit, or better explain, such as is often done wit=
h RBLs in mail server settings, where lists are sometimes described in terms =
of their likelihood to cause false-positives.
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> It's all well and good in the documentation, but a quick "Safe|Moderate|Ris=
ky" listing in the WUI will prove handy, IMHO.
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> Just my $0.02 as more of a user than a developer,

I appreciate your input, but I still disagree with is that we take the decisi=
on if something is =E2=80=9Crisky=E2=80=9D or not. There are too many things =
that need to be taken into account to make that decision and it probably vari=
es for each user.

What I take from your comment though is that we should categorise the lists, =
and that is something we can do.

We can add a headline to the table and group the lists by =E2=80=9CBlocking a=
mbiguous packets=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9CBlocking Malware=E2=80=9D, etc.

That makes it easier for the user to decide which lists are interesting or ev=
en necessary depending on what they want to achieve.

How is that?

-Michael

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> Tom


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