Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: acerhdf: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:07 PM 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.

So, please unify two Acer patches now into one.

(And don't forget to provide proper version of the patch)

Thanks!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko