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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:02:49 +0200
From:   "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com, corbet@....net,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kprobes



Am 13.07.20 um 16:20 schrieb Masami Hiramatsu:
> Hi Naveen and Alexander,
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:14:47 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>> On Tue,  7 Jul 2020 21:49:59 +0200
>>> "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 both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
>>>>            return 200 OK and serve the same content:
>>>>              Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
>>>
>>> OK, but it seems that some of them are disappeared :(
>>>
>>>   http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe
>>>
>>>   -> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes/index.html
>>
>> That looks right.
>>
>>>
>>>   http://www.redhat.com/magazine/005mar05/features/kprobes/
>>>
>>>   -> I can not find that.
>>
>> Ditto, we should drop that.
>>
>>>
>>>>   - http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
>>>>   - http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/linuxsymposium_procv2.pdf (pages 101-115)
>>>
>>> Both are not found.
>>
>> It looks like the first link is gone, but there seems to be a copy in
>> the web archive:
>> https://web.archive.org/web/20061106154519/http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
>>
>> I suppose we can drop that link.
>>
>>>
>>> (OT, it seems http://www.linuxsymposium.org/ has been left from historical
>>>   Linux Symposium, we must remove it asap)
>>
>> Indeed, I think that link pointed to the Kprobes paper:
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-109-124.pdf
> 
> Ah, there is.
> Thank you for the confirmation.
> Alexander, can you update other urls instead of just replacing the http with https?
Sry, but I don't steal others' work (on principle).

If I didn't the work (e.g. searched the replacement URL), I don't 
deserve to author the respective commit.

Also my HTTPSifying task is not done yet.

> 
>>
>>
>> - Naveen
>>
> 
> 

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