On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:52:57 -0700 "Mike C." <mconno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 11:09 AM Bill Barry <b...@billbarry.org> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 11:43 AM <mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > > > > > I want to bring open source high quality accountability software > > > to Linux and I want the software to be supported for an extended > > > period of time, > > say > > > 100 years. > > > > > > I have an idea to intercept tcp/udp packets destined to port 53 > > > and all web and ftp traffic. The goal here is to intercept, > > > record, reinject as > > if > > > nothing ever happened, and report at the end of the 24 hour > > > period. > > > > > > > Most of the web packets at this level are encrypted to thwart this > > type of spying. > > > > I don't have enough technical knowledge to wholeheartedly agree with > your statement, but I can say that there is currently a lot of effort > in securing DNS and HTTP connections such as DNSSEC, DNS Over HTTPS, > DNSCrypt, personal VPNs, TOR/ONION to name a few. > > I know there are ways to intercept HTTPS connections. I haven't > delved into the technical details, but reading an article or two, > it's a fairly complicated configuration and you'd have to be able to > lockdown the user's computer so they couldn't just circumvent the > proxy server. _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug besides relay unencrypted traffic what else did you intend for your program to do? -- ________________________________________ / If there is a possibility of several \ | things going wrong, the one that will | | cause the most damage will be the one | | to go wrong. | | | | If you perceive that there are four | | possible ways in which a procedure can | | go wrong, and circumvent these, then a | \ fifth way will promptly develop. / ---------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
