Are there any good ones out there? My stupid co workers got me on that shit and now i want to see who is messaging me but my work wont let me get to the site.:screwyou:

VPN > Proxy. Proxy just reroutes some traffic through another server, no encryption. VPN encapsulates the entire network connection to the server's LAN, can be set up with 128bit payload encryption, plus 128bit encapsulation. No way in hell anyone's gonna crack that shit; especially if you use a key pair rather than a password.

Most internet traffic is sent like a postcard, headers (Source, destination, timestamp, etc) are all on the front, and the request/response is on the back (HTTP POST someimage.jpg, or the image itself). Anyone along the way can see that packet (postcard) and examine the contents. Encryption only hides the payload data, equivalent of sending a letter rather than a postcard. Anyone can see who it's headed to and who sent it, but you need the private key to open the envelope.

VPN encapsulation takes the envelope, sticks it in a big package that's headed to the server. Server takes that box, opens it up, takes out the envelope and opens it (It can still contain another envelope, if for example you're going to your banks website or online shopping), and the server becomes the source and destination to the remote server. The only thing you'll see between the VPN client and server is traffic between the client and server. There's no way to determine what ports the client is accessing, or what kind of data is going over that connection.

[Client PC: ISP connection with ISP's IP address(63.12.34.56), 2nd interface with VPN-assigned IP(192.168.0.4)]
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{{ Secure tunnel through public internet }}
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[ VPN server with firewall, external IP 157.54.32.1, NAT to LAN IP 192.168.0.1, running DHCP server]
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{{ Previously secured internet traffic to destination server }}

dunno, kinda hard to describe. Hope this at least sort of makes sense.

Basically, look around for a VPN server rather than a proxy if you're trying to hide what you're doing at work.

No need to hide it. The company i work for is about as computer savvy as my ex. She still thinks AOL has the Best software available.

The only thing they can figure out is when a large file (1 MB or larger) is saved on the computer. Wait no they cant. They only know if someone installs new software on the PC.