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

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:38:12 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     dyoung@...hat.com, bhe@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
        corbet@....net, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kdump

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 12:31:51PM +0200, Alexander A. Klimov 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>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>