Re: Anonymous Proxy Web Surfing

[Nuno Branco <branco () markdata pt>]

One thing is to use a proxy for HTTP wich is ok, another one is use a
proxy for HTTPS - nobody in their right mind would do that.

Of course that if the login procedure is not in HTTPS that is a design
problem and not a proxy / user problem.

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 18:03, Jason Jaszewski wrote:
> Say I want to surf the web using anonymous proxy servers around the web. I
> have encountered several Windows apps that will bounce traffic to different
> proxy servers around the Internet. I understand how this works, however, I
> am wondering about the security of it. Say a user wants to authenticate with
> web mail, such as hotmail. When he or she authenticates with hotmail, that
> traffic would also pass through the anonymous proxy servers. I assume this
> can/does lead to someone getting password and username information from the
> data that goes through the proxy server, in a way using a proxy server to
> collect this sort of information from consumers who don't know any better,
> but were informed by someone that this "anonymizes" Internet surfing. Just
> how good are these anonymous web surfing applications/services in this
> respect? I am asking from the standpoint of using this to add another level
> of security to an otherwise tight system.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
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Atentamente, 
Nuno Branco

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