netdev - Re: [PATCH for v5.9] b43legacy: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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Message-Id: <20200802151751.E884DC43391@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Sun,  2 Aug 2020 15:17:51 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@...klimov.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for v5.9] b43legacy: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

"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>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

140c6026167b b43legacy: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11672427/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches