Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:09:11 -0600 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/arm |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:44:08 +0200 "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> 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> > --- > Changes in v2: > Undone all handhelds.org changes and 0 of 0 wearablegroup.org changes.
I wasn't asking that the changes be undone, I was asking that those links simply be removed. They are actively harmful - much more so than any http: links - and shouldn't be there. *Sigh*. I guess I'll just do that.
jon
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