Re: [PATCH] SCSI RDMA PROTOCOL (SRP) TARGET: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

[Bart Van Assche]

On 2020-07-10 11:12, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
> Am 10.07.20 um 16:22 schrieb Bart Van Assche:
>> On 2020-07-09 12:48, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> index 4b5d9b792cfa..f63b34d9ae32 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig
>>> @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ config INFINIBAND_SRPT
>>> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ that supports the RDMA protocol. Currently the RDMA protocol is
>>> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ supported by InfiniBand and by iWarp network hardware. More
>>> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ information about the SRP protocol can be found on the website
>>> -ÂÂÂÂÂ of the INCITS T10 technical committee (http://www.t10.org/).
>>> +ÂÂÂÂÂ of the INCITS T10 technical committee (https://www.t10.org/).
>>
>> It is not clear to me how modifying an URL in a Kconfig file helps to
>> reduce the attack surface on kernel devs?
>
> Not on all, just on the ones who open it.

Is changing every single HTTP URL in the kernel into a HTTPS URL the best
solution? Is this the only solution? Has it been considered to recommend
kernel developers who are concerned about MITM attacks to install a browser
extension like HTTPS Everywhere instead?

Thanks,

Bart.