HTTP signatures on podcast media download requests:
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/issues/775#issuecomment-4592185399
This is a topic that needs lots of careful thought to avoid bad outcomes. But, at the moment at least, I do feel it would be useful.
I've heard the arguments against signing download requests and still lean towards supporting it. I will have to think through why I feel that way since I can't exactly express it yet in a way I'm happy with.
Dave
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2026-06-01 11:38:19 UTC
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2026-06-01 11:38:19 UTCEvent JSON
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