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

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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



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