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

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:09:27 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Joakim Lönnegren <joakimlonnegren@...il.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones:
 Documentation/driver-api

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:35:12 +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>
> ---
>  .../early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst      |  4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst  |  2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst           |  2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst           | 12 ++++++------
>  Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst         |  2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst         |  4 ++--
>  Documentation/driver-api/thermal/nouveau_thermal.rst |  2 +-
>  Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst  |  4 ++--
>  8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

I've applied this one, thanks.

jon