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

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Message-ID: <20200705141315.17b4d70a@lwn.net>
Date:   Sun, 5 Jul 2020 14:13:15 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones:
 Documentation/admin-guide

On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:29:35 +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>

Applied, thanks.

jon