Method and system for providing a private network

A method for providing a private network to a user terminal (110), comprising the steps of:

• configuring the user terminal (110) to request content from secure sources (120, 130) compliant with secure content certificates (111) and a from proxy server (150);
• providing a secure channel for communication between the user terminal (110) and the proxy server (150);
• at the proxy server (150):
• receiving from the user terminal (110) a request to access content at an external content server (160);
• retrieving the requested content from the external content server (160);
• verifying the compliance of the requested content with predefined content compliance rules (151);
• and
• providing the requested content to the user terminal (110) if the content is compliant with the predefined content compliance rules (151);
• characterized in that:
• the user terminal (110) further comprises content type access rules (112) defining the types of content which can be accessed directly without the use of the proxy server (150);
• and the method further comprises configuring the user terminal (110) to request the content of the types defined by the content type access rules (112) directly (209) without the use of the proxy server (150).