Hi all,im using a proxy right now but i have some doubts about it and these are:Does proxies make your computer vulnerable?i cant see port 443 (netstat -n)when using ssl connections while logging in somewhere or even windows update, is that a normal behaviour and https is running in the background so proxies works just like a mask?when i do a ipconfig /displaydns i cant see any dns records cached why is that?also would like to know when you go through the advanced tab at the very bottom theres an option to set an exclusion list so it asks to set the beggining of the addresses i dont want to use proxy i guess,lets say i dont want FTP only so the way to add to this list is to type FTP only or FTP:? what if i want to add https?should i type FTP;HTTPS ?Thanks in advance and will be looking forwardKind regards,RR

EDIT: Do proxies make my network vulnerable?

here its a bad diagnostic IMO:IPv4 Statistics Packets Received = 7317 Received Header Errors = 0 Received Address Errors = 0 Datagrams Forwarded = 0 Unknown Protocols Received = 4 Received Packets Discarded = 0 Received Packets Delivered = 11658 Output Requests = 9796 Routing Discards = 0 Discarded Output Packets = 0 Output Packet No Route = 0 Reassembly Required = 0 Reassembly Successful = 0 Reassembly Failures = 0 Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0 Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0 Fragments Created = 0 IPv6 Statistics Packets Received = 0 Received Header Errors = 0 Received Address Errors = 0 Datagrams Forwarded = 0 Unknown Protocols Received = 0 Received Packets Discarded = 0 Received Packets Delivered = 0 Output Requests = 0 Routing Discards = 0 Discarded Output Packets = 0 Output Packet No Route = 0 Reassembly Required = 0 Reassembly Successful = 0 Reassembly Failures = 0 Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0 Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0 Fragments Created = 0 ICMPv4 Statistics Received Sent Messages 4 0 Errors 0 0 Destination Unreachable 0 0 Time Exceeded 4 0 Parameter Problems 0 0 Source Quenches 0 0 Redirects 0 0 Echo Replies 0 0 Echos 0 0 Timestamps 0 0 Timestamp Replies 0 0 Address Masks 0 0 Address Mask Replies 0 0 Router Solicitations 0 0 Router Advertisements 0 0 ICMPv6 Statistics Received Sent Messages 0 0 Errors 0 0 Destination Unreachable 0 0 Packet Too Big 0 0 Time Exceeded 0 0 Parameter Problems 0 0 Echos 0 0 Echo Replies 0 0 MLD Queries 0 0 MLD Reports 0 0 MLD Dones 0 0 Router Solicitations 0 0 Router Advertisements 0 0 Neighbor Solicitations 0 0 Neighbor Advertisements 0 0 Redirects 0 0 Router Renumberings 0 0 TCP Statistics for IPv4 Active Opens = 193 Passive Opens = 0 Failed Connection Attempts = 0 Reset Connections = 48 Current Connections = 2 Segments Received = 7311 Segments Sent = 5414 Segments Retransmitted = 35 TCP Statistics for IPv6 Active Opens = 0 Passive Opens = 0 Failed Connection Attempts = 0 Reset Connections = 0 Current Connections = 0 Segments Received = 0 Segments Sent = 0 Segments Retransmitted = 0 UDP Statistics for IPv4 Datagrams Received = 4347 No Ports = 0 Receive Errors = 0 Datagrams Sent = 4347 UDP Statistics for IPv6 Datagrams Received = 0 No Ports = 0 Receive Errors = 0 Datagrams Sent = 0Look at the unknown protocols and also Icmpv4 time exceeded inbound looks weird and that only happens with proxy or when i try to set up a vpn..Regards,RR

How nice is that now i cant sign out this forum, forever on ,sign out link works but at the end i remain signed in .....(had to close browser and reopen itAny clue? forum issue?sometimes im having problems while loggin in which can leak information,specially in this forum any feedback?Thanks in advanceRR

UPDATE:IPv4 Statistics Packets Received = 56261 Received Header Errors = 0 Received Address Errors = 0 Datagrams Forwarded = 0 Unknown Protocols Received = 22 Received Packets Discarded = 0 Received Packets Delivered = 85046 Output Requests = 62943 Routing Discards = 0 Discarded Output Packets = 0 Output Packet No Route = 0 Reassembly Required = 0 Reassembly Successful = 0 Reassembly Failures = 0 Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0 Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0 Fragments Created = 0 IPv6 Statistics Packets Received = 0 Received Header Errors = 0 Received Address Errors = 0 Datagrams Forwarded = 0 Unknown Protocols Received = 0 Received Packets Discarded = 0 Received Packets Delivered = 0 Output Requests = 0 Routing Discards = 0 Discarded Output Packets = 0 Output Packet No Route = 0 Reassembly Required = 0 Reassembly Successful = 0 Reassembly Failures = 0 Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0 Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0 Fragments Created = 0 ICMPv4 Statistics Received Sent Messages 22 0 Errors 0 0 Destination Unreachable 0 0 Time Exceeded 22 0 Parameter Problems 0 0 Source Quenches 0 0 Redirects 0 0 Echo Replies 0 0 Echos 0 0 Timestamps 0 0 Timestamp Replies 0 0 Address Masks 0 0 Address Mask Replies 0 0 Router Solicitations 0 0 Router Advertisements 0 0 ICMPv6 Statistics Received Sent Messages 0 0 Errors 0 0 Destination Unreachable 0 0 Packet Too Big 0 0 Time Exceeded 0 0 Parameter Problems 0 0 Echos 0 0 Echo Replies 0 0 MLD Queries 0 0 MLD Reports 0 0 MLD Dones 0 0 Router Solicitations 0 0 Router Advertisements 0 0 Neighbor Solicitations 0 0 Neighbor Advertisements 0 0 Redirects 0 0 Router Renumberings 0 0 TCP Statistics for IPv4 Active Opens = 497 Passive Opens = 0 Failed Connection Attempts = 4 Reset Connections = 201 Current Connections = 5 Segments Received = 5623 Segments Sent = 3391 Segments Retransmitted = 214 TCP Statistics for IPv6 Active Opens = 0 Passive Opens = 0 Failed Connection Attempts = 0 Reset Connections = 0 Current Connections = 0 Segments Received = 0 Segments Sent = 0 Segments Retransmitted = 0 UDP Statistics for IPv4 Datagrams Received = 28818 No Ports = 0 Receive Errors = 0 Datagrams Sent = 28818 UDP Statistics for IPv6 Datagrams Received = 0 No Ports = 0 Receive Errors = 0 Datagrams Sent = 022 unknown protocols recei ved is that something i should worry about?regards,RR

Guessing that issue was related to that proxy server i chose i just changed for one of the most reliable and fast proxy and so far so good no issues no time exceeded etc...i also would like to know if i did the right thing creating tunneling rule in my firewall also used scope settings?any volunteer?Apreciate any little help could be a few words only all i need!PS: using proxy solved the problem i was facing when the modem would go in sleep mode i had to refresh the page before going to another one and it doesnt happen that anymore which is a kind of relief...Kind regards,RR