Maven dependencies are not getting downloaded, proxy issues?
<p>Current WinHTTP proxy settings:   Direct access (no proxy server) in windows machine. And in settings.xml as  . But, jars are not getting downloaded and getting below error.</p>

<pre><code>[ERROR] Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor fo
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<p>r org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:pom:2.5 from/to central
 (<a href="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</a>): Connect to repo.maven.apache.org:443 [repo.maven.apache.org/151.101.24.215] failed: Connection timed out: con
nect -> [Help 1]</p>