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

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Message-ID: <20200626112003.50788c9b@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:20:03 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Tony Fischetti <tony.fischetti@...il.com>,
        Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
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        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones:
 Documentation/process

On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:36:30 +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>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/2.Process.rst           | 12 ++++----
>  Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst            |  4 +--
>  Documentation/process/botching-up-ioctls.rst  |  2 +-
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst             |  6 ++--
>  Documentation/process/clang-format.rst        |  2 +-
>  Documentation/process/coding-style.rst        |  2 +-
>  Documentation/process/howto.rst               |  2 +-
>  Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst         | 28 +++++++++----------
>  .../process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst          |  2 +-
>  Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst  | 22 +++++++--------
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst  |  4 +--
>  11 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

I've applied this, thanks.

jon