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

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Date:   Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:08:05 -0400
From:   Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: UNICODE SUBSYSTEM

"Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de> writes:

> 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 neither `\bgnu\.org/license`, nor `\bmozilla\.org/MPL\b`:
>             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, with a fix to the summary line, to match unicode contributions.

Thanks,

-- 
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi