linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI RDMA PROTOCOL (SRP) TARGET: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-ID: <bf85e454-cccc-37ef-d55f-d44a5c5c51df@acm.org>
Date:   Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:52:02 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        dledford@...hat.com, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI RDMA PROTOCOL (SRP) TARGET: Replace HTTP links with
 HTTPS ones

On 2020-07-10 11:12, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
> Am 10.07.20 um 16:22 schrieb Bart Van Assche:
>> On 2020-07-09 12:48, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> index 4b5d9b792cfa..f63b34d9ae32 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ config INFINIBAND_SRPT
>>>         that supports the RDMA protocol. Currently the RDMA protocol is
>>>         supported by InfiniBand and by iWarp network hardware. More
>>>         information about the SRP protocol can be found on the website
>>> -      of the INCITS T10 technical committee (http://www.t10.org/).
>>> +      of the INCITS T10 technical committee (https://www.t10.org/).
>>
>> It is not clear to me how modifying an URL in a Kconfig file helps to
>> reduce the attack surface on kernel devs?
>
> Not on all, just on the ones who open it.

Is changing every single HTTP URL in the kernel into a HTTPS URL the best
solution? Is this the only solution? Has it been considered to recommend
kernel developers who are concerned about MITM attacks to install a browser
extension like HTTPS Everywhere instead?

Thanks,

Bart.