Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc manager uses proxy but it was told not to
Message board moderation
Author | Message |
---|---|
Send message Joined: 25 Jul 16 Posts: 4 ![]() |
I'm try to use boinc manager 7.2.47(x86) on windows 7. On the network, there is a proxy which need authentication but may computer is allowed to use the internet without proxy. I didn't set proxy for boinc because I know there is no need for that. Boinc overrides this, and try to use the proxy, but fails because of authentication. why? Here is a snippet from the log: 25-Jul-2016 11:44:07 [---] Not using a proxy 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 Initialization completed 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/viewNoticesRSSFeed.action?userIdHash=479368_140b80c94ccf516368263513e5fd9663 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [---] [proxy] returning false 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [World Community Grid] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [World Community Grid] Reporting 8 completed tasks 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [World Community Grid] Requesting new tasks for CPU 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): https://scheduler.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/wcg_cgi/fcgi 25-Jul-2016 11:44:08 [---] [proxy] returning false 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] automatic proxy check in progress 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): http://bdd7.http.cdn.softlayer.net/80BDD7/grid.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/download/wcgrid_fahb_bedam_7.14_windows_intelx86 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] returning false 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::setup_proxy_session(): setting up automatic proxy 192.168.4.252:3128 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [World Community Grid] Started download of wcgrid_fahb_bedam_7.14_windows_intelx86 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): http://bdd7.http.cdn.softlayer.net/80BDD7/grid.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/download/wcgrid_FAHB_graphics_prod_32.exe.7.14 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] returning false 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [---] [proxy] HTTP_OP::setup_proxy_session(): setting up automatic proxy 192.168.4.252:3128 25-Jul-2016 11:44:09 [World Community Grid] Started download of wcgrid_FAHB_graphics_prod_32.exe.7.14 25-Jul-2016 11:44:10 [World Community Grid] Giving up on download of wcgrid_fahb_bedam_7.14_windows_intelx86: permanent HTTP error 25-Jul-2016 11:44:10 [World Community Grid] Giving up on download of wcgrid_FAHB_graphics_prod_32.exe.7.14: permanent HTTP error Geting notices rss succeeds, because it did't use a proxy for that connection, but after that it suddenly thinks it is a good idea to use an autodetected proxy, and after that it fails to download anything. Why boinc manager doing this? |
Send message Joined: 25 Jul 16 Posts: 4 ![]() |
I was able to work this around by finding an open proxy, setting it up with excluding "grid.worldcommunitygrid.org,scheduler.worldcommunitygrid.org" but I don't think this is the 'best ever' solution. |
Send message Joined: 20 Nov 12 Posts: 801 ![]() |
On Windows, if you don't set a proxy yourself, the client will try to autodetect proxy settings. There is no way to disable the autodetection. As you found out, as a workaround one can set dummy proxy settings and tell BOINC to not use that proxy for anything. I added an enhancement request for this. #1588 There is a small bug in the client so that the first (few) HTTP operation(s) may bypass the autodetected proxy. |
Copyright © 2025 University of California.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.