> > > How can I see what is happening as far as traffic on my unencrypted > > > network? > > > > tcpdump > > ntop is a good network summary program too. Works good if you can run it on > your default gateway machine. tcpdump is pretty cool for sure.
The network is just run from a router. No server on which I can run that stuff. Is there anything I can use from my workstation which is connected to the network? > > > How can I keep my own http traffic private? > > > > Use https instead. IPSec is another option, if supported. Also, > > traffic is normally only passed along the links between you and the > > server, unless there's some hub between you can them. > > > > You may be able to anonymize normal http by using tor. I think freenet > > also provides some level of anonymity and encryption for http, but I've > > never used it. > > > > You can only use https on servers that support it. The question is too vague > to answer without specifying from who do you want to keep the data private? > Just people on your local network? Your ISP? Your boss? The http servers? I'm only trying to keep the data private from the other people on the local network. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
