[Bug 5800] New: InternetCheckConnection is to naive

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5800

           Summary: InternetCheckConnection is to naive
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.17.
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://maareyes.fileburst.com/fibzip.exe
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-net
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: daniel.skorka at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de


This bug is actually against wine 0.9.18, but that wasn't available in the drop
list.
The function InternetCheckConnection in dlls/wininet/internet.c is to naive:
It checks for an available connection to a host by pinging it. The problem
arises from misconfigured hosts (or routers along the way) which drop pings
without responding. The application which initiated the call then assumes the
host to be unabvailable.
The URL links to an application which exhibits this behaviour. An account is
needed, which can be got here:
http://www.fibs.com/~cthulhu/register.html (Caution: Java required)

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