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

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Message-ID: <20200723020114.GG45081@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 05:01:14 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     zohar@...ux.ibm.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] encrypted-keys: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 09:52:27PM +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.

A commit message should describe action e.g. "Replace HTTP URL with
HTTPS URL given the security concerns and the slow deprecation of HTTP."

> 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.

Please remove this. We don't care about it. Git log should only contain
information either for studying or maintaining the kernel source code.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>

/Jarkko