First of all, I beg your pardon for having done a thing specifically discouraged in http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html. Please excuse us for any extra work/pain resulting from it.
We did try to mirror the Maven Central Repository and, obviously, we got banned. Actually we tried that for a good reason: our organization won't allow a "server" username/password for the Internet proxy that we could configure into a Nexus instance. We only get access to per physical user username/password pairs, and these expire after a period. Furthermore, beyond a usage limit the proxy accounts (and the associated Windows domain account with it) get locked. All this means that having the credentials of one of us in Nexus is probably bound to be a maintenance hassle. In any case, we got a Nexus instance up and running for our development team. After getting more acquainted with how Maven works and with the huge amount of software available at Maven Central, we now know for sure that we don't want to replicate it locally. We'll try to live with the problems of having a personal user account configured into Nexus proxy settings, and if that doesn't work as needed, we'll try to fight our way inside the organization to get some special account for Nexus. In any case, we'd need the proxy of our organization unbanned from Maven Central. Thus, I kindly request the people in charge of handling these issues to unban it. If this is not the best place to ask for unbanning, please tell me where to ask. I can provide you with the outbound IP address of our proxy as needed. Best regards, and thanks in advance, Juan Jesus. -- Dream small if success is enough for you; dream big if you need to change the world.
