Nils Maier wrote:
> Disallowing those "corrupt LF" request is in fact what I wouldn't like
> to see.

When they get a "link fingerprint check failed" error, how is a user to 
tell the difference between "Oh, the webmaster screwed up" and "Someone 
has trojaned this download"?

Hard fail is the right way to go.

> What if a webmaster somehow got the LF wrong? The user would get
> punished for it.

The webmaster should have tested the link!

> Even SSL will let you continue if there is something wrong like
> non-matching hostnames; and SSL provides reliable security.

We are changing this.

> So I still am in favor of implementing LF within the actual consumers,
> as only they know how to handle stuff correctly, as only they got the
> full stream.

I agree.

Gerv
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