[PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kdump

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Wed Jul 1 03:38:12 EDT 2020


On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 12:31:51PM +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 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 at al2klimov.de>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>



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