Old computer being used as an traffic encrypter?

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BryceEason

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So, I've got an old computer that still works but is doing nothing right now and I'm wondering if I could set it up so my router goes to it, which then goes out to my network.

Router > Old PC > Switch > Other PCs

I'm wondering if I could put this old computer to use encrypting my internet traffic just for the hell of it. So that anything that comes in gets scanned, or whatever so I'm very well protected and then anything I send out gets encrypted so that no one knows about my traffic but me. Should I attempt this or would it be violating some hidden terms from my ISP? I just mainly wanna do this because, well, I'm bored as hell and have nothing better to do with these few computers I've got just laying around.

The old computer is an AMD Duron 1.2ghz, 512mb RAM, Geforce 6200gt video card.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel C2D E8400 @3.0ghz OC'd 3.8ghz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
    Memory
    G.SKILL 2gb x4 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX260
    Sound Card
    Onboard 5.1 Surround Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X223W 22" 19" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 and 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 750gb
    PSU
    Corsair H520X 1000W
    Case
    Antect 300
    Cooling
    2x 120mm front, 1x 120mm side, 1x 120mm rear, 1x 200mm top
    Mouse
    Some Logitech Mouse
    Keyboard
    G15 rev1
    Internet Speed
    7mbps down, 768kbps up
    Other Info
    Vista Ultimate x64
Encryption requires something else at the other end to decrypt the payload. It's no good having the strongest encryption algorithm on Earth if the internet server which receives the (encrypted) request can't decrypt it in order to understand it.

Odds are you already use encryption in the right places - every time you do your internet banking via the bank's HTTPS site.
 

My Computer

System One

Yea I know about the SSL stuff for online banking, etc. But I'm just wondering if it would be troublesome to encrypt everything from random surfing, downloading, etc, etc. But yea I was thinking about the decryption of it, so I guess I'm out of luck.

Any other ideas I could do to put this old pc to use again?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel C2D E8400 @3.0ghz OC'd 3.8ghz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
    Memory
    G.SKILL 2gb x4 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX260
    Sound Card
    Onboard 5.1 Surround Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X223W 22" 19" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 and 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 750gb
    PSU
    Corsair H520X 1000W
    Case
    Antect 300
    Cooling
    2x 120mm front, 1x 120mm side, 1x 120mm rear, 1x 200mm top
    Mouse
    Some Logitech Mouse
    Keyboard
    G15 rev1
    Internet Speed
    7mbps down, 768kbps up
    Other Info
    Vista Ultimate x64
Do you use torrents? How about a seedbox?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    i7 3770K HT ON 4.7GHz
    Motherboard
    P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    2x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce SLI
    Sound Card
    X-FI Forte + ATH-AD900
    Monitor(s) Displays
    x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1200 / 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0)
    PSU
    Corsair AX1200W
    Case
    Lian Li PC-V1020A
    Cooling
    NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14: Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme
    Mouse
    Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
    Keyboard
    Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine Cherry MX Black
    Other Info
    Laptop Specs: Clevo Sager P170HM // 17.3 Matte 1920x1200 // i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz // Dedicated GTX 485M // 240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray // Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
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