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

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Date:   Fri, 3 Jul 2020 14:38:07 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        linux@...musvillemoes.dk, corbet@....net,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: vsprintf

On Fri 2020-07-03 19:23:36, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (20/07/02 22:05), 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: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>

The patch is committed in printk/linux.git, branch for-5.9.

Best Regards,
Petr