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📖 Carolopedia › AllowlistGuide page
📖What it means
The explicit set of things permitted, with everything else refused by default. It is the opposite posture from blocking known-bad: an allowlist fails closed, which is why privileged operations use one.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Ringfence
An allowlist says WHAT may be done; a ringfence says WHO may reach a paid lane.
Not: Tier
The allowlist is the concrete permission; the tier is the level it hangs off.
🗣️Also called
whitelistpermitted set