[plug] SETI

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 5 May 1999, skribe wrote:

> Has ne1 tried seti at home?  I keep getting errors telling me that the client
> has received an unexpected eof signal (or some such) when trying to register. 
> ne1 got suggestions?

According to their FAQ, they chose to use the HTTP protocol, but not
provide support for proxies (yet) *grumble*
which means if your ISP enforces use of proxies by firewalling port 80,
seti at home won't work.

(and of course since it's not OpenSource, we can't make the 10 line change
it probably would have taken to teach it about proxy servers)
Their website says "We are currently working on making SETI at home work
through more restrictive firewalls and proxies)

 - Matt