Re: [PATCH] Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: DRBD driver

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sun Jul 05 2020 - 16:22:04 EST


On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:31:11 +0200
"Alexander A. Klimov" <grandmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

So I've applied this but...
> ---
> 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
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst | 2 +-
> Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst | 6 +++---
> drivers/block/drbd/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst
> index 68ecd5c113e9..561fd1e35917 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/drbd/index.rst
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description
> clusters and in this context, is a "drop-in" replacement for shared
> storage. Simplistically, you could see it as a network RAID 1.
>
> - Please visit http://www.drbd.org to find out more.
> + Please visit https://www.drbd.org to find out more.

This link redirects to a somewhat commercial page and may not be what was
intended back then.

>
> .. toctree::
> :maxdepth: 1
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst
> index 4a8f31cf4139..0328438ebe2c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FAQ list:
> =========
>
> A FAQ list may be found in the fdutils package (see below), and also
> -at <http://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>.
> +at <https://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>.

This page hasn't been updated in 15 years, and may be of limited utility.
The document itself talks about LILO on a 2.6.9 kernel, PS/2 floppies, and
other such bleeding-edge things. It sure needs more help than this.

>
>
> LILO configuration options (Thinkpad users, read this)
> @@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ It also contains additional documentation about the floppy driver.
>
> The latest version can be found at fdutils homepage:
>
> - http://fdutils.linux.lu
> + https://fdutils.linux.lu
>
> The fdutils releases can be found at:
>
> - http://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html
> + https://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html
>
> http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/

That link is completely dead and should just come out.

But at least we have some HTTPS links.

jon