Comment on Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 3 days agoNo, not at all. You have 2 encrypted connections A to B and B to C, where B is the proxy server. The proxy server decrypts AB, sees the plaintext traffic to check against rules, then reencrypts the traffic with his own key and forwards it to B to C. Your browser on C sees the proxy servers cert for BC, and the website and proxy handle out a different cert AB. No encryption or cert is broken during the process.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I just woke up and I don’t fully comprehend what you wrote, but I thank you for your reassurance. 🙏
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
they were explaining what happens with a proxy server, but with only a VPN there’s no proxy server or other such decrypting middleman. but in short: TLS was made to protect against exactly this: the network between. only thing leaked is the domain you are connecting to
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Alright, thank you! I’ll do some research on TLS to learn a bit better how it works and stuff, I think. 😁
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
disregard what I said on my other comment. I believe it to be correct, but despite the post title this is not a VPN, but a proxy, as the article says, that needs to decrypt the HTTPS traffic.
weird choice to be honest.