is it possible to ... ???

[junaidnaseer]

Is it possible to encrypt my Internet browser data? Any browser can be used for ease, like mozilla firefox, opera, internet explorer, etc. The data needs to be encrypted for both the uplink and the downlink.

The reason behind this exercise is that; I am on a network and the only way to access the internet is through the network server which is basically a proxy. The proxy servers are able to "see" all that we are doing on the internet, which is totally unacceptable. They can see me accessing and reading my emails even ...

Is it possible to somehow encapsulate the data outbound from my browser and the sebsequent data that arrives in reply from the external website somehow also be encrypted?

Can I use some local web server software like APACHE on my pc to run a local proxy to encrypt my data somehow ??? like apache or xampp ??? or am I on the wrong track ???

Any quick guidance (reference to some other site, etc) or help in this regard would greatly welcomed !!!
Thanks !!!

 

[thedaver]

You can SSL enable your webserver to carry your sessions in HTTPS...

You can use SSH tunnels into your local network that will encrypt all traffic.

You can implement an encrypted VPN using OPENVPN to also connect securely to your network.

This kind of connectivity is very common.

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[RhythmAce]

They can see me accessing and reading my emails even ...

Does this mean you don't want your boss to know you are playing online games and reading your email at work? ;-)

 

[smah]

That leads me to my proposed solution:

Don't do things using the company network that you don't want the company to know about.

 

[Hondy]

Well as thedaver says there are ways to encrypt - but the chances are that you won't be able to. The thing is that these measures are put in to prevent damage to the company.

If you can encrypt your datastreams then so can a miscreant intent on doing harm so the chances are that you won't be able to get around it unless your network people have made a mistake.

If your IT guys want to read your stuff they can do it in a number of ways, but generally they won't. If they aren't trustworthy then they shouldn't be working there.

I know this isn't what you wanted to know but your IT guys are doing the right thing believe it or not. They aren't doing it for fun, they are doing it because of policy and to protect the business.