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

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Date:   Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:39:48 -0400
From:   Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To:     Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 06:30:04AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 7/12/20 6:11 AM, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
> > Rationale:
> > Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
> > as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.
> 
> Trimmed just to the one site without the self-signed certficate: check.
> 
> > 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: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>

Acked-by: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>

I agree about replacing just the one with working https, not the dead
self-signed one. Alexander, is this whole set being submitted upstream
through a single maintainer, or do you want me to take the arch/sh
patch individually?

Rich