Re: fetch extension - use local filename from content-dispositionheader (new diff)

From: Andrey Chernov <ache@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:55:03 +0300

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 02:28:48PM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> The content-disposition header is a standard web feature that we have
> no good reason to ignore (as long as we don't turn it on unless
> directly user-requested). We are just advancing with web technology,
> which partly moves from explicit naming in URLs to simpler (for them)
> schemes.

There is easy way to make most security hackarounds unneeded in the way
like every browser does: confirm final file name interactively. I.e. fetch
can do something like this:

Save as filename.exe (Y/N)?

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