can't install any package: "bad gateway" error

[Teo]

Binary package hint: synaptic

Since today, whatever package I try to install, it always fails with either of the following error messages:

W: Failed to fetch http://......
  Connection failed

or

W: Failed to fetch http://.....
  Bad gateway

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 12 19:32:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Are you using internet from behind a proxy?
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[Teo (teo1978)]

Not that I know of.
Anyway, the issue disappeared.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Based on the reporter's last comment, I am closing this bug as Invalid.
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