Ref T7789. If you don't have security.alternate-file-domain configured, we won't serve binary files over GET.

This is a security measure intended to prevent <applet src="..." /> attacks and similar, where you upload some "dangerous" binary, include it in another page, and it gets some of the host's permissions because Java/Flash security models are (or were, in the past) goofy.

Allow them to be served over GET if the client is Git LFS. This is safe; these attacks can't add arbitrary HTTP headers.

Fetched files over GET with and without the LFS header.

$ curl -v http://local.phacility.com/file/data/@local/jfht2cxjazi5cmjomfhl/PHID-FILE-sa7mh2pfaocz2adiimeh/netgear_rma.pdf > /dev/null
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HTTP 302 Redirect
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$ curl -v -H 'X-Phabricator-Request-Type: git-lfs' http://localcontent.phacility.com/file/data/@local/jfht2cxjazi5cmjomfhl/PHID-FILE-sa7mh2pfaocz2adiimeh/netgear_rma.pdf > /dev/null
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HTTP 200 Content
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