Index: smart/fetcher.py
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--- smart/fetcher.py	(revision 896)
+++ smart/fetcher.py	(working copy)
@@ -487,11 +487,15 @@
         # - size: file size
         # - uncomp: whether to uncompress or not
         # - uncomp_{md5,sha,size}: uncompressed equivalents
+        # - http_headers: extra http headers needed for the download request
         #
-        for kind in ("md5", "sha", "uncomp_md5", "uncomp_sha"):
+        for kind in ("md5", "sha", "uncomp_md5", "uncomp_sha", "http_headers"):
             value = info.get(kind)
             if value:
-                info[kind] = value.lower()
+                try:
+                    info[kind] = value.lower()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    pass
         self._info.update(info)
 
     def start(self):
@@ -1171,6 +1175,12 @@
                 else:
                     partsize = 0
 
+                extraheaders = item.getInfo("http_headers")
+                if extraheaders:
+                    for key in extraheaders.keys():
+                        value = extraheaders[key]
+                        opener.addheader(key, "%s" % value)
+ 
                 remote = opener.open(url.original)
 
                 if hasattr(remote, "errcode") and remote.errcode == 416:
@@ -1619,6 +1629,25 @@
                         handle.localpath = localpath
                         handle.active = len(hostactive)
 
+                        if sysconf.get("ignore-invalid-certificates", False):
+                            # Disable certificate verifying for self-signed servers.
+                            handle.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
+                            handle.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
+
+                        extraheaders = item.getInfo("http_headers")
+                        if extraheaders:
+                            requestheaders = []
+                            for key in extraheaders:
+                                value = extraheaders[key]
+                                if not value:
+                                    # Trick to send and empty header
+                                    lastheader = requestheaders.pop()
+                                    lastheader = lastheader + "\r\n" + key + ":"
+                                    requestheaders.append(lastheader)
+                                else:
+                                    requestheaders.append("%s: %s" % (key, extraheaders[key]))
+                            handle.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, requestheaders)
+ 
                         item.start()
 
                         def progress(downtotal, downcurrent,