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

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:46:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     grandmaster@...klimov.de
Cc:     cooldavid@...ldavid.org, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: jme: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

From: "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 19:24:39 +0200

> 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>

Applied.