linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SONICS SILICON BACKPLANE DRIVER (SSB): Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 22:55:31 +0200
From:   Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SONICS SILICON BACKPLANE DRIVER (SSB): Replace HTTP links
 with HTTPS ones

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 08:30, 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 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.

I'm not sure how important that change is. You need to adjust your
PATCH subject though, see how older commits look like:
git log drivers/ssb/

-- 
Rafał