Proxies

We have shown how a proxy works. We did not use TLS, because we wanted to show what is happening.

You may ask why I did not put in a longer set of traffic. The answer is that Our Windows 10 host just keeps blurting-out new requests. More and more hosts are consulted by the Windows 10 Edge browser:

• b-ring.msedge.net,
• config.edge.skype.com,
• ctldl.windowsupdate.com,
• fp.msedge.net,
• g.live.com,
• iecvlist.microsoft.com,
• livetileedge.dsx.mp.microsoft.com,
• l-ring.msedge.net,
• markets.books.microsoft.com,
• nav.smartscreen.microsoft.com,
• ocsp.digicert.com,
• onecs-live.azureedge.net,
• settings-win.data.microsoft.com,
• sls.update.microsoft.com,
• spo-ring.msedge.net,
• v10.events.data.microsoft.com,
• watson.telemetry.microsoft.com,
• web.server,
• www.bing.com,
• www.w3.org.

In only 5 minutes time. None of the sites was requested by me. And remember: I only set the proxy for the Edge browser, not for the whole system!

In the past, I used a Linux box with a Firefox or even Dillo browser. I could get nice clean pcap files, without all sorts of sites that the browser seemed to need or seems to think that I needed for my "experience". So, for demonstration purposes, Windows 10 will not be used anymore.