On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:02:17AM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > CC Jordan and Gary > > On 01/17/17 04:33, Jiaxin Wu wrote: > > v2: > > * Rename the flag. > > > > This flag is used to overwrite the PcdAllowHttpConnections > > value, then the platform can make a decision whether to allow > > HTTP connections or not. > > > > Cc: Ye Ting <[email protected]> > > Cc: Fu Siyuan <[email protected]> > > Cc: Ruiyu Ni <[email protected]> > > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> > > Cc: Kinney Michael D <[email protected]> > > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 > > Signed-off-by: Wu Jiaxin <[email protected]> > > --- > > Nt32Pkg/Nt32Pkg.dsc | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- > > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Nt32Pkg/Nt32Pkg.dsc b/Nt32Pkg/Nt32Pkg.dsc > > index 134afb8..88b1ea9 100644 > > --- a/Nt32Pkg/Nt32Pkg.dsc > > +++ b/Nt32Pkg/Nt32Pkg.dsc > > @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ > > # EFI/Framework Emulation Platform with UEFI HII interface supported. > > # > > # The Emulation Platform can be used to debug individual modules, prior to > > creating > > # a real platform. This also provides an example for how an DSC is > > created. > > # > > -# Copyright (c) 2006 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR> > > +# Copyright (c) 2006 - 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR> > > # Copyright (c) 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.<BR> > > # (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR> > > # > > # This program and the accompanying materials > > # are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the > > BSD License > > @@ -57,11 +57,21 @@ > > # > > # Note: TLS feature highly depends on the OpenSSL building. To enable > > this > > # feature, please follow the instructions found in the file > > "Patch-HOWTO.txt" > > # located in CryptoPkg\Library\OpensslLib to enable the OpenSSL > > building first. > > # > > - DEFINE TLS_ENABLE = FALSE > > + DEFINE TLS_ENABLE = FALSE > > + > > + # > > + # Indicates whether HTTP connections (i.e., unsecured) are permitted or > > not. > > + # -D FLAG=VALUE > > + # > > + # Note: If ALLOW_HTTP_CONNECTIONS is TRUE, HTTP connections is allowed. > > Both > > + # the "https://"; and "http://"; URI schemes are permitted. > > Otherwise, HTTP > > + # connections is denied. Only the "https://"; URI scheme is > > permitted. > > + # > > + DEFINE ALLOW_HTTP_CONNECTIONS = TRUE > > > > > > ################################################################################ > > # > > # SKU Identification section - list of all SKU IDs supported by this > > # Platform. > > @@ -252,10 +262,14 @@ > > > > gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdResetOnMemoryTypeInformationChange|FALSE > > !if $(SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE) == TRUE || $(TLS_ENABLE) == TRUE > > gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaxVariableSize|0x2000 > > !endif > > > > +!if $(ALLOW_HTTP_CONNECTIONS) == TRUE > > + gEfiNetworkPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdAllowHttpConnections|TRUE > > +!endif > > + > > !ifndef $(USE_OLD_SHELL) > > gEfiIntelFrameworkModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdShellFile|{ 0x83, 0xA5, > > 0x04, 0x7C, 0x3E, 0x9E, 0x1C, 0x4F, 0xAD, 0x65, 0xE0, 0x52, 0x68, 0xD0, > > 0xB4, 0xD1 } > > !endif > > > > !if $(SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE) == TRUE > > > > Does the following combination make sense? > > TLS_ENABLE=FALSE and ALLOW_HTTP_CONNECTIONS=FALSE > > In this case, only the https:// scheme would be accepted, however the > TLS facility that underlies HTTPS is missing. I think this would render > the HTTP stack useless. Is that correct? > > I'm asking mainly for OVMF's sake. (I have nothing against this patch in > Nt32Pkg.) Namely, in OvmfPkg, I would dislike the additional complexity > of an ALLOW_HTTP_CONNECTIONS build flag. Instead, I think we should set > PcdAllowHttpConnections to TRUE, whenever HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE is defined > (and we shouldn't override the DEC default otherwise). > > This would result in HTTP working with just -D HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE, and > both HTTP and HTTPS working with -D HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE -D TLS_ENABLE. I > don't see any downsides to always permitting HTTP in OVMF. > > Thoughts? > > If everyone agrees, then Jiaxin, can you please append a third patch for > OvmfPkg, which sets PcdAllowHttpConnections to TRUE whenever > HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE is TRUE? I'm good to set PcdAllowHttpConnections to TRUE. For the people who are paranoid, it's easy to set it to FALSE as long as it's documented. The firmware file has to be rebuilt anyway whether the extra flag exists or not.
Thanks, Gary Lin > > (Note that in "OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc", the setting should likely go under > [PcdsFixedAtBuild.X64].) > > Thanks! > Laszlo > _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
