Re: [PATCH v2] m68k: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 8:52 PM 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 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>
> ---
>  v2: Thrown out de facto broken links.
>  archive.org-ing is on my TODO list, but beyond this project's scope.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v5.10 branch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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