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