Local Interception Of Traffic To A Remote Forward Proxy

A method for processing requests to a proxy server, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a first computing module on a user's computer from a second computing module on the user's computer, a first request formatted as a request to a first proxy server at a destination associated with a first identifier, first identifier being a network identifier different from a network identifier of the user's computer;
• encrypting, on the user's computer, at least a portion of the received first request to obtain an encrypted portion;
• and
• sending the encrypted portion to a destination associated with a second identifier, second identifier being a network identifier different from the first identifier and from the network identifier of the user's computer without sending the encrypted portion to the destination associated with the first identifier

A method comprising:

• specifying, on a user's computer, one or more Virtual Private Network (VPN) settings including a proxy setting instructing a VPN service to proxy VPN traffic through a remote proxy server;
• executing a proxy interception module on the user's computer programmed to intercept network traffic routed according to the proxy setting to the remote proxy server;
• activating the VPN service on the user's computer according to the one or more VPN settings;
• intercepting, by the proxy interception module, network traffic addressed to the remote proxy server according to the one or more VPN settings;
• sending, by the user's computer, the intercepted network traffic to a destination other than the remote proxy server included in the VPN settings;
• refraining from sending the intercepted network traffic to the remote proxy server referenced in the VPN settings.