LOW: Fragile prefix stripping in blocklist loader scanner
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 66/100
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- networking
Research direction
Open internal/blocklist/loader.go around lines 15–35 and inspect scanBlocklist's prefix-stripping loop. Trace how nested prefixes such as www.0.0.0.0 are handled, then simplify the logic so stripping is deterministic. Done means the loader no longer relies on fragile loop behavior for these edge cases.
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Description
Low: Fragile Prefix Stripping in Blocklist Scanner
File: internal/blocklist/loader.go (lines ~15–35)
Severity: Low
Priority: Nice to Have
Description
scanBlocklist strips prefixes in a loop that could lead to edge cases with nested prefixes like www.0.0.0.0.
Fix
Simplify and make prefix stripping deterministic.
- Dominant language
- Go
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