Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kprobes

From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@al2klimov.de>,
	anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, corbet@lwn.net,
	davem@davemloft.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: kprobes
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:20:11 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200713232011.da584d6f7147b54ba083556f@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1594388442.4mjtjyic5z.naveen@linux.ibm.com>

Hi Naveen and Alexander,

On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:14:47 +0530
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Tue,  7 Jul 2020 21:49:59 +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.
> > 
> > OK, but it seems that some of them are disappeared :(
> > 
> >  http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe
> > 
> >  -> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes/index.html
> 
> That looks right.
> 
> > 
> >  http://www.redhat.com/magazine/005mar05/features/kprobes/
> > 
> >  -> I can not find that.
> 
> Ditto, we should drop that.
> 
> > 
> >>  - http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
> >>  - http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/linuxsymposium_procv2.pdf (pages 101-115)
> > 
> > Both are not found.
> 
> It looks like the first link is gone, but there seems to be a copy in 
> the web archive:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20061106154519/http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
> 
> I suppose we can drop that link.
> 
> > 
> > (OT, it seems http://www.linuxsymposium.org/ has been left from historical
> >  Linux Symposium, we must remove it asap)
> 
> Indeed, I think that link pointed to the Kprobes paper:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2006/ols2006v2-pages-109-124.pdf

Ah, there is.
Thank you for the confirmation.
Alexander, can you update other urls instead of just replacing the http with https?

> 
> 
> - Naveen
> 

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>