linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] m68k: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVvx0z6xkH9YaPiWh4_WmmBP_W7VEyP4PjaLfNs9OWL0g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:36:30 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] m68k: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 8:52 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
> ---
>  v2: Thrown out de facto broken links.
>  archive.org-ing is on my TODO list, but beyond this project's scope.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v5.10 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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