"Ulysse Keller" <DwarfPPE2004@swissonline.ch> wrote in message 
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:37:05 GMT, "uray" <remove-uray@att.net> wrote:

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I don't understand why 'setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu' is not found ...

I was getting that as well.  Ultimately I fixed it by setting it to go
through a proxy.

How do I set a proxy (on my PC which is stand-alone except for
internet access - when connected to the provider) ? I am not
familiar with proxies and have a rather vague idea of what they are.
My OS is WinXPhome and I have several users defined, one with
admin rights and two without (I prefer accessing internet with one
of the latter because it is an additional security against malware
trying to exec. things needing admin. rights)

Funny thing is that after I did that I could remove the
proxy and it continued to work.  After reading some posts at the SETI
message board I discovered there's an issue with packet size.  Others have
had the same problem and hopefully they will fix it in the BOINC software.

How long might this take ? With your answer to the above Q. I would
not have to wait for that ... Tell me also how one removes the proxy
if it's not obvious in the context.

I use commercial software that is probably not practical for you.  There 
are, however, public proxies you can use, it's what most of the SETI board 
members with problems have done.  Off hand I don't know any, but if you read 
through the message boards at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ you should be 
able to find some.  A Google search for "public proxies" or "Public proxys" 
might divulge some. You enable and disable the proxy in the options tab of 
the BOINC client.

Note that your problem might have a different cause, and in that case a 
different solution may be required.