Limit WebClient DownloadFile maximum file size

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Published on 2010-04-11T07:51:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/11 7:53 UTC
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Hi everyone,

In my asp .net project, my main page receives URL as a parameter I need to download internally and then process it. I know that I can use WebClient's DownloadFile method however I want to avoid malicious user from giving a url to a huge file, which will unnecessary traffic from my server. In order to avoid this, I'm looking for a solution to set maximum file size that DownloadFile will download.

Thank you in advance,

Jack

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