"setup-x86_64.exe" blocked by Proxy/Firewall to 3MB packages

2024-12-04 Thread Mark via Cygwin
Hello. We have a Proxy/AV/Firewall which blocks internet downloads to max 3MB size, then they truncate the file. So, for example, downloading VIM-COMMON package, which sizes about 6MB, the xz is truncated to 3MB and the installation fails, obviously. Is there, actually, a method to bypass this i

Re: "setup-x86_64.exe" blocked by Proxy/Firewall to 3MB packages

2024-12-04 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2024-12-04 01:46, Mark via Cygwin wrote: We have a Proxy/AV/Firewall which blocks internet downloads to max 3MB size, then they truncate the file. So, for example, downloading VIM-COMMON package, which sizes about 6MB, the xz is truncated to 3MB and the installation fails, obviously. Is there,

RE: "setup-x86_64.exe" blocked by Proxy/Firewall to 3MB packages

2024-12-04 Thread Ilya Basin via Cygwin
Hi Mark Is this a kind of a spying firewall that watches HTTPS traffic? If not, then maybe you can switch to one of the HTTPS repositories. What's your current repo URL? When you open an HTTPS site in your web browser do you see a legit CA in the site security information or do you see the Antiv

RE: R: "setup-x86_64.exe" blocked by Proxy/Firewall to 3MB packages

2024-12-04 Thread Ilya Basin via Cygwin
When you download https://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/x86_64/release/vim/vim-common/vim-common-9.0.2155-2.tar.xz with a browser does it show you an error or a false success after 3MB? Does the browser lets your retry and finish the download? If the browser shows you an error it means the Cygwin