On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 10:15:29PM +0200, Alexander A. Klimov wrote: > > > Am 12.07.20 um 21:52 schrieb Bart Van Assche: > > On 2020-07-10 11:12, Alexander A. Klimov wrote: > > > Am 10.07.20 um 16:22 schrieb Bart Van Assche: > > > > On 2020-07-09 12:48, Alexander A. Klimov wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig > > > > > index 4b5d9b792cfa..f63b34d9ae32 100644 > > > > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/Kconfig > > > > > @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ config INFINIBAND_SRPT > > > > > that supports the RDMA protocol. Currently the RDMA protocol is > > > > > supported by InfiniBand and by iWarp network hardware. More > > > > > information about the SRP protocol can be found on the website > > > > > - of the INCITS T10 technical committee (http://www.t10.org/). > > > > > + of the INCITS T10 technical committee (https://www.t10.org/). > > > > > > > > It is not clear to me how modifying an URL in a Kconfig file helps to > > > > reduce the attack surface on kernel devs? > > > > > > Not on all, just on the ones who open it. > > > > Is changing every single HTTP URL in the kernel into a HTTPS URL the best > > solution? Is this the only solution? Has it been considered to recommend > > kernel developers who are concerned about MITM attacks to install a browser > > extension like HTTPS Everywhere instead? > I've installed that addon myself. > But IMAO it's just a workaround which is (not available to all browsers, not > installed by default in any of them and) not even 100% secure unless you > tick a particular checkbox. > > Anyway the majority of maintainers and Torvalds himself agree with my > solution. > > I mean, just look at > git log '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>' \ > > Or (better) wait for v5.9-rc1 (and all the yet just applied patches it will > consist of) *and then* run the command. Well, if you are going to do this please send just one patch for all of drivers/infiniband/ and include/rdma I don't need to see it broken up any more than that Jason
