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

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Message-ID: <202007130932.65FA9A6@keescook>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:32:24 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     re.emese@...il.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 03:50:18PM +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>

Thanks! Applied to for-next/gcc-plugins

-- 
Kees Cook