linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for v5.9] ALSA: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-ID: <s5hft9ngwzv.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jul 2020 20:50:28 +0200
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, corbet@....net,
        gustavo@...eddedor.com, chris@...le.name, andrew@...akley.name,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for v5.9] ALSA: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:17:05 +0200,
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>
> ---
>  Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
>  See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>' v5.7..master
>  (Actually letting a shell for loop submit all this stuff for me.)
> 
>  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.
> 
>  Sorry again to all maintainers who complained about subject lines.
>  Now I realized that you want an actually perfect prefixes,
>  not just subsystem ones.
>  I tried my best...
>  And yes, *I could* (at least half-)automate it.
>  Impossible is nothing! :)

Applied this one now.  Thanks!


Takashi