Re: [PATCH for v5.9] b43: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Sun Aug 02 2020 - 11:17:17 EST


"Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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

2d96c1ed4bab b43: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

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