linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: acerhdf: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcZ5f0xw9RbV0OZ0DuE6JqCfkTExqO=MJ9AE0TFdCV8Xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:03:40 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Ayman Bagabas <ayman.bagabas@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: acerhdf: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:07 PM 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 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.

So, please unify two Acer patches now into one.

(And don't forget to provide proper version of the patch)

Thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko