linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools: usb: usbip: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-ID: <55e97454-c376-e640-f020-cb297e176681@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:49:29 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        valentina.manea.m@...il.com, shuah@...nel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: usb: usbip: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On 7/11/20 6:39 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.
> 
> 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: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah