| If you're wondering how to get secure internet | | | | you so you can surf without leaving any traces of |
| connection, it's easy. There are tools you can use to | | | | yourself in cyberspace. |
| protect yourself from villains in cyberspace, such as | | | | An SSL proxy combines these two strategies for the |
| snoops, hackers, big brother and even your school or | | | | ultimate anonymous and secure browsing. Your data is |
| office admin. For a reasonable price, you can use an | | | | encrypted, you access a secure web server (with |
| SSL proxy when you surf online. This kind of proxy | | | | 'https' in the URL bar), and you are also disguised |
| combines encryption and IP masking for anonymous | | | | behind an anonymous third party server. This protects |
| and secure browsing. | | | | your privacy on one hand, and wards off security |
| What is SSL proxy? | | | | threats on the other. |
| First, SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It is the de | | | | Many security and privacy threats abound online. |
| facto standard technology for data encryption over | | | | Common ones include: identity theft, credit card fraud, |
| the Internet. To use SSL, the user's browser and the | | | | tracking or stalking, improper data access and |
| web server he or she is viewing must establish a | | | | monitoring by third parties, unreasonable network |
| secure connection. They identify each other with their | | | | restrictions, oppression of freedom of speech, |
| respective SSL certificates, which bear the name and | | | | spyware, adware, malware, trojans and viruses, |
| other information about their owners. Data is then | | | | phishing and pharming and various other security |
| encoded by the sender using the recipient's "public | | | | concerns. |
| key." The recipient of the data then decrypts the data | | | | The best protection against these dangers is the ability |
| using its "private key." SSL ensures that whatever you | | | | to remain anonymous whilst preserving the integrity of |
| transfer between a browser and web server is | | | | data one sends and receives. SSL proxy services will |
| secure. Even if someone were to intercept it, they | | | | do that for you. The good news is that these are not |
| would see only meaningless code since it's encrypted. | | | | expensive. You can get anonymous and secure |
| A proxy server, on the other hand, is a mediating | | | | browsing for only a few dollars a month. Considering |
| server between a browser and web server. If you | | | | what is at stake, paying for such a service is well |
| use an anonymous type, it will disguise your IP address | | | | worth the money. |
| (your "ID number" online) and other information about | | | | |