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

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:40:27 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     m@...s.ch, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ssb: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

"Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de> writes:

> 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>
> ---
>  Better?

When you submit a new version of the patch you should mark it as v2 and
add a changelog what changed since v1, see link below for more. But this
is for the future, no need to resend because of this.

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