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SubjectRe: [PATCH] capabilities: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:34:28PM +0200, 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 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>

Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>

> ---
> Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
> See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>' v5.7..master
> (Actually letting a shell for loop submit all this stuff for me.)
>
> If there are any URLs to be removed completely or at least not just 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.
>
> Sorry again to all maintainers who complained about subject lines.
> Now I realized that you want an actually perfect prefixes,
> not just subsystem ones.
> I tried my best...
> And yes, *I could* (at least half-)automate it.
> Impossible is nothing! :)
>
>
> kernel/capability.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
> index 1444f3954d75..a8a20ebc43ee 100644
> --- a/kernel/capability.c
> +++ b/kernel/capability.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable);
> /*
> * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
> *
> - * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
> + * https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
> */
>
> static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
> --
> 2.27.0

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