linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/arm

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Message-ID: <20200626150911.3d4f9ca7@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:09:11 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     mchehab+samsung@...nel.org, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com,
        nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com, robh@...nel.org,
        j.neuschaefer@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones:
 Documentation/arm

On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:44:08 +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:
>   If not .svg:
>     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>
> ---
>  Changes in v2:
>  Undone all handhelds.org changes and 0 of 0 wearablegroup.org changes.

I wasn't asking that the changes be undone, I was asking that those links
simply be removed.  They are actively harmful - much more so than any http:
links - and shouldn't be there.  *Sigh*.  I guess I'll just do that.

jon