title: getURL in RCurl problem behind firewall R
body: <p>I'm behind hospital firewalls and usually have to use <code>setInternet2(T)</code> for R to access the net properly. However running my code (that works perfectly at home) results in </p>
  
  <pre><code>curlPerform(curl = curl, .opts = opts, .encoding = .encoding) : 
    Could not resolve host: www.cnn.com; Host not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it at all possible to work around this?</p>
  
  <p>regards,</p>
  
  <p>//M</p>