Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: user-mode Linux

[Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>]

On 07/07/2020 21:32, Alexander A. Klimov 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>
> ---
>   Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
>   See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>' v5.7..master
> 
>   If there are any URLs to be removed completely or at least not HTTPSified:
>   Just clearly say so and I'll *undo my change*.
>   See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/27/64
> 
>   If there are any valid, but yet not changed URLs:
>   See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/26/837
> 
>   If you apply the patch, please let me know.
>   Rationale:
>   I'd like not to submit patches much faster than you maintainers apply them.
> 
>   Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst | 2 +-
>   arch/um/drivers/Kconfig                    | 2 +-
>   arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c             | 2 +-
>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst
> index de0f0b2c9d5b..775d3de84331 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst
> @@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ Note:
>   
>   
>     Documentation on IP Masquerading, and SNAT, can be found at
> -  http://www.netfilter.org.
> +  https://www.netfilter.org.
>   
>   
>     If you can reach the local net, but not the outside Internet, then
> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/um/drivers/Kconfig
> index 9160ead56e33..85e170149e99 100644
> --- a/arch/um/drivers/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/Kconfig
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ config UML_NET_VDE
>   	To use this form of networking, you will need to run vde_switch
>   	on the host.
>   
> -	For more information, see <http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/>
> +	For more information, see <https://wiki.virtualsquare.org/>
>   	That site has a good overview of what VDE is and also examples
>   	of the UML command line to use to enable VDE networking.
>   
> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
> index e6d4f43deba8..7a39b8b7ae55 100644
> --- a/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>    *	SoftDog	0.05:	A Software Watchdog Device
>    *
>    *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>, All Rights Reserved.
> - *				http://www.redhat.com
> + *				https://www.redhat.com
>    *
>    *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>    *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> 

We should really try to finish the new documentation. The one in the 
kernel tree is very out of date.

The draft is here: https://github.com/kot-begemot-uk/uml-howto-v2


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