title: Can I delete the .pom and .lastUpdated files in maven's .m2 repository?
body: <p>I have some .pom and .lastUpdated files in my local .m2 repository.. Can I delete them?</p>
  
  <p>I need to put the .m2 folder on a server, where downloading won't be possible for the jars. </p>
  
  <p>I tried putting true in settings.xml of MAVEN_HOME/conf but to no avail. Maven still tries to downloads a few jars (has been failing everytime).</p>
  
  <p>The reason for this unauthorized download I believe is the existence of .pom and .lastUpdated files in repository. Am I correct?</p>