linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation

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Message-ID: <20200608093337.4c73fa16@lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 8 Jun 2020 09:33:37 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation

On Tue, 26 May 2020 08:05:44 +0200
"Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de> wrote:

> Rationale:
> Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
> as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.
> 
> Deterministic algorithm:
> For each file:
>   For each line:
>     If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`:
>       For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`:
>         If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
>         return 200 OK and serve the same content:
>           Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>

I've applied this (again), let's hope for the best.

jon