Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kprobes

[Naveen N. Rao]

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Tue,  7 Jul 2020 21:49:59 +0200
> "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 both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
> >           return 200 OK and serve the same content:
> >             Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
>
> OK, but it seems that some of them are disappeared :(
>
>  http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe
>
>  -> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes/index.html

That looks right.

>  http://www.redhat.com/magazine/005mar05/features/kprobes/
>
>  -> I can not find that.

Ditto, we should drop that.

> >  - http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
> >  - http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/linuxsymposium_procv2.pdf (pages 101-115)
>
> Both are not found.

It looks like the first link is gone, but there seems to be a copy in 
the web archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20061106154519/http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/

I suppose we can drop that link.

> (OT, it seems http://www.linuxsymposium.org/ has been left from historical
>  Linux Symposium, we must remove it asap)

Indeed, I think that link pointed to the Kprobes paper:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-109-124.pdf


- Naveen