# Julia 1.6: using curl behind proxy for artifacts downloads on windows

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**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-6-using-curl-behind-proxy-for-artifacts-downloads-on-windows/58029 "2021-03-26T16:25:44Z")\
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Libcurl does not have any way to read `.curlrc` files — those files only apply to the command-line tool, not the library. See [this StackOverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3712594/659248) by the author of curl and libcurl. Have you tried setting `export JULIA_SSL_NO_VERIFY=**` in the shell?

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