linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: KMOD KERNEL MODULE LOADER

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Message-ID: <57601e00-d351-fa06-0fe0-1a0238f68912@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:20:57 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>, shuah@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: KMOD KERNEL MODULE
 LOADER - USERMODE HELPER

On 7/8/20 5:53 AM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 09:13:37AM +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 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>
> 
> Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> 
> Shuah, can this go through your tree?
> 

Yes. I can take this through.

thanks,
-- Shuah