http always fail but https work

[arshui]

Hi, I want to contribute while at my office, but my work network has a sensitive firewall that block lots of stuff on the http channel, but the https channel is working.

If I open this link in chrome,

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http://cores.foldingathome.org/Win32/AMD64/AVX/Core_a7.fah

, the firewall block the connection and shows

You have accessed an Internet site blocked by your policy:

cores.foldingathome.org

security.rule.network.proxy.webclient(deny httpresponsecontenttype inacl Mime_stream_dl_exe httphost notinacl bypass_Mime_stream_dl_exe)

But I can download the file at

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https://cores.foldingathome.org/Win32/AMD64/AVX/Core_a7.fah

(The encrypted version of http)

How can I force fah to use https instead of http?

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06:05:04:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://cores.foldingathome.org/Win32/AMD64/AVX/Core_a7.fah
06:05:04:WU00:FS00:Connecting to cores.foldingathome.org:80
06:05:05:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get IP address for cores.foldingathome.org: No such host is known. 
06:06:05:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://cores.foldingathome.org/Win32/AMD64/AVX/Core_a7.fah
06:06:05:WU00:FS00:Connecting to cores.foldingathome.org:80
06:06:05:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Invalid core package
06:55:47:ERROR:Receive error: 10053: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.
06:56:03:ERROR:Receive error: 10053: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

[NuovaApe]

Where I work has a sensitive firewall + restrictions too. If I were to circumvent them I'd be sacked on the spot.

Check your IT/HR Security policy/manual to see what happens if you breach company security policies.

FAH is a good cause but my IT Security folk wouldn't care. Rules are rules, I broke them, bye bye job.

My IT runs regular remote PC audits to see what executables are on users drives too.

Probably why it's called Folding At Home;-)