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

[Alexander A. Klimov]

Am 13.07.20 um 16:20 schrieb Masami Hiramatsu:
> Hi Naveen and Alexander,
>
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:14:47 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Ah, there is.
> Thank you for the confirmation.
> Alexander, can you update other urls instead of just replacing the http with https?
Sry, but I don't steal others' work (on principle).

If I didn't the work (e.g. searched the replacement URL), I don't 
deserve to author the respective commit.

Also my HTTPSifying task is not done yet.

> > - Naveen