linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] mei: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Date:   Sun, 19 Jul 2020 05:50:15 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] mei: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

> 
> 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: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> ---
>  Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
>  See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov
> <grandmaster@...klimov.de>' v5.7..master
> 
>  If there are any URLs to be removed completely  or at least not (just)
> HTTPSified:
>  Just clearly say so and I'll *undo my change*.
>  See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/27/64
> 
>  If there are any valid, but yet not changed URLs:
>  See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/26/837
> 
>  If you apply the patch, please let me know.
> 
> 
>  drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig index
> 9d7b3719bfa0..f5fd5b786607 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config INTEL_MEI
>  	  if selected /dev/mei misc device will be created.
> 
>  	  For more information see
> -	  <http://software.intel.com/en-us/manageability/>
> +	  <https://software.intel.com/en-us/manageability/>
> 
>  config INTEL_MEI_ME
>  	tristate "ME Enabled Intel Chipsets"
> --
> 2.27.0