Building A Terminal Proxy

There are different ways to secure your personal internet line or your business network. One way is to send your internet data through a third party company that acts as a proxy and sniffs your data packages to see if they contain viruses and other malware. It is possible to set up a terminal proxy using Linux or a Windows software solution, although these might not offer the same benefits of third party service.

What a proxy service does is encrypt internet traffic. Something on the other side still has to decrypt these packages, and this still does not sniff packages automatically. Something has to be able to read the proxy packages and then send encrypted packages the other way back to the terminal. This service can be provided by the internet provider, some type of volunteer computer network, or else by a paid service.

Generally, a third party will have the widest variety of options. Allowing a remote team to act as a network solution has advantages ranging from not having to buy extra network devices in order to manage a company network at the physical level and not having to buy antivirus computers to create a demilitarized zone for the network terminal. A remote monitoring agency can replace most of the IT professionals that a company would otherwise require.

How secure is a company network or a private computer? The first vulnerability comes from depending on wireless internet. All wireless traffic using the latest transmitters will have some sort of encryption that also has defenses to confuse any devices that attempt to hack the wireless network. On the other hand, hacking software is constantly being updated to overcome these defenses. If a wireless company is likely to attract thieves, then plugin connections are better.

The amazing reality is that even wired connections can be sniffed with sophisticated hardware. Someone who can tap into a communications line using software might be able to read data packages after they leave a company. This is the reason why having advanced solutions such as a terminal proxy is needed for companies. A demilitarized zone reduces incoming viruses, but outgoing packets might be intercepted.

Since encryption has to go somewhere to be decoded, it might as well be sent to a company that also offers to monitor business for illicit traffic as well as monitor data. A dedicated company is better than an antivirus because they have more advanced means to catch pirates and activists. They have the computers to decrypt and encrypt information very quickly and can look for virus packages that themselves have encryption for protection.