Google Chrome Socks Proxy
Configuring a SOCKS proxy server in Chrome – The …
To configure chrome to proxy traffic through the SOCKS v5 proxy server myproxy:8080, launch chrome with these two command-line flags:–proxy-server=”socks5myproxy:8080″–host-resolver-rules=”MAP * ~NOTFOUND, EXCLUDE myproxy”ExplanationThe –proxy-server=”socks5myproxy:8080″ flag tells Chrome to send all and URL requests through the SOCKS proxy server “myproxy:8080”, using version 5 of the SOCKS protocol. The hostname for these URLs will be resolved by the proxy server, and not locally by proxying of ftp URLs through a SOCKS proxy is not yet –proxy-server flag applies to URL loads only. There are other components of Chrome which may issue DNS resolves directly and hence bypass this proxy server. The most notable such component is the “DNS prefetcher” if DNS prefetching is not disabled in Chrome then you will still see local DNS requests being issued by Chrome despite having specified a SOCKS v5 proxy server. Disabling DNS prefetching would solve this problem, however it is a fragile solution since once needs to be aware of all the areas in Chrome which issue raw DNS requests. To address this, the next flag, –host-resolver-rules=”MAP * ~NOTFOUND, EXCLUDE myproxy”, is a catch-all to prevent Chrome from sending any DNS requests over the network. It says that all DNS resolves are to be simply mapped to the (invalid) address 0. 0. The “EXCLUDE” clause make an exception for “myproxy”, because otherwise Chrome would be unable to resolve the address of the SOCKS proxy server itself, and all requests would necessarily fail with buggingThere are a lot of intricacies to configuring proxy settings as you intend:Different profiles can use different proxy settingsExtensions can modify the proxy settingsIf using the system setting, other applications can change them, and there can be per-connection proxy settings might include fallbacks to other proxies, or direct connectionsPlugins (for instance Flash and Java applets) can bypass the Chrome proxy settings alltogetherOther third-party components in Chrome might issue DNS resolves directly, or bypass Chrome’s proxy first thing to check when debugging is look at the Proxy tab on about:net-internals, and verify what the effective proxy settings are: chromenet-internals/#proxyNext, take a look at the DNS tab of about:net-internals to make sure Chrome isn’t issuing local DNS resolves: chromenet-internals/#dnsNext, to trace the proxy logic for individual requests in Chrome take a look at the Events tab of about:net-internals: chromenet-internals/#events
How to set up proxy socks in Browsers FireFox/Opera/IE/Chrome
How to use SOCKS v4/v5 on Browsers without the use of any
External Applications
As time advances, there are also developments within the web
browser’s scene. These web browsers that we use nowadays keep on getting
improvements as time passes by. Long ago, on their early sprout within the web
and IT world, these browsers did not support many features, such as the use of
SOCKS proxies. With this reason, there came those external applications to
fulfill this need.
Now, it is good news that we do not need any of these
anymore. Thanks to updates on our favorite web browsers, they now support input
and configuration of SOCKS proxies.
How to get SOCKS Proxy
Before you can even use SOCKS proxies on your browser, first
you must get it from a proxy listing service. One good source of SOCKS proxy is This is how you can find alive SOCKS proxies.
1. Go to and then login with your account.
2. After successful login, you can now get the access
to the admin panel, in which you are now able to search for specific proxy, or
even just list all the current alive SOCKS proxies.
3. The easiest way to harvest proxies, is via the
‘List Proxys’ button. Just click it and a new page will load. This will contain
the recently checked proxy on a list.
4. Click any of the results under the hostname column.
Then a pop-up window will appear.
5. To reveal our needed proxy server address and proxy
port, we have to click on the “click here to view” link. It will check the
proxy’s status at that moment, if it is okay, then you will have the proxy
server address, as well as the port. If not, just try looking at another
hostname from the proxy list results.
6. Now we have a SOCKS proxy that we can use. In this
case, it’s 1. 36. 114. 198:53052
7. We can now proceed on setting up our browsers for
using this SOCKS proxy.
1. To use it on FireFox, just go to Options.
2. Navigate to the Advanced tab.
3. Then select Network tab and click on the Settings button. A new settings window will
appear. From here, you can now input the proxy you got. Just be sure to select
the radio selection button for “Manual configuration” and uncheck the “Use this
proxy server for all protocols” checkbox.
4. Then proceed on inputting your SOCKS proxy, click
on OK when finished.
5. Checking it at your IP is now changed!
1. On Opera browser, open Menu > Settings. 2. Select “Browser” tab and click to “Change proxy settings… ” button. 3. A pop-up settings window will appear. 4. Go to the Connections tab and click the Settings button. (if you are connecting throught local network or router – click the LAN Settings) 6. Put a check on �Use proxy server�, that will allow you to use proxy of your choice. 7. From there, click on Advanced. You can now input your SOCKS proxy. 8. Click on the OK button, and then OK once again. To check your current IP, just head on to and see
1. On IE, press the Gear button and select Internet
Options.
2. Go to the Connections tab and click the Settings
button.
3. A pop-up settings window will appear.
4. Put a check on “Use proxy server”, that will allow
you to use proxy of your choice.
5. You can now input
your SOCKS proxy.
6. Then click OK, you shall do this for three times
just to exit settings window and save your settings.
7. Done! You are now done, you can check your IP at if it has changed
1. Click on the wrench tool and open the settings for
Chrome.
2. In the bottom of page click to Show advanced settings….
3. Click on the Change Proxy settings… button. A pop-up settings window will appear.. 5. Put a check on �Use proxy server�, that will allow you to use proxy of your choice.
5. From there, click on Advanced.
8. From there, you can now use the SOCKS proxy you
got.
9. Click on a series of OK buttons to save the
configuration settings.
10. Checking your proxy:
11. Done!
How to Set up SSH SOCKS Tunnel for Private Browsing
There are times when you want to browse the Internet privately, access geo-restricted content or bypass any intermediate firewalls your network might be option is to use a VPN, but that requires installing client software on your machine and setting up your own VPN server
or subscribing to a VPN simpler alternative is to route your local network traffic with an encrypted SOCKS proxy tunnel. This way, all your applications using the proxy will connect to the SSH server and the server will forward all the traffic to its actual destination. Your ISP (internet service provider) and other third parties will not be able to inspect your traffic and block your access to tutorial will walk you through the process of creating an encrypted SSH tunnel and configuring Firefox and Google Chrome
web browsers to use SOCKS erequisites Server running any flavor of Linux, with SSH access to route your traffic through up the SSH tunnel We’ll create an SSH tunnel
that will securely forward traffic from your local machine on port 9090 to the SSH server on port 22. You can use any port number greater than 1024, only root can open ports on privileged and macOS If you run Linux, macOS or any other Unix-based operating system on your local machine, you can easily start an SSH tunnel with the following ssh
command:ssh -N -D 9090 [USER]@[SERVER_IP]The options used are as follows:-N – Tells SSH not to execute a remote command. -D 9090 – Opens a SOCKS tunnel on the specified port number. [USER]@[SERVER_IP] – Your remote SSH user and server IP run the command in the background use the -f your SSH server is listening on a port other than 22
(the default) use the -p [PORT_NUMBER] you run the command, you’ll be prompted to enter your user password. After entering it, you will be logged in to your server and the SSH tunnel will be can set up an SSH key-based authentication
and connect to your server without entering a dows Windows users can create an SSH tunnel using the PuTTY SSH client. You can download PuTTY here
Putty and enter your server IP Address in the Host name (or IP address) the Connection menu, expand SSH and select Tunnels. Enter the port 9090 in the Source Port field, and check the Dynamic radio on the Add button as shown in the image back to the Session page to save the settings so that you do not need to enter them each time. Enter the session name in the Saved Session field and click on the Save the saved session and log in to the remote server by clicking on the Open button. A new window asking for your username and password will show up. Once you enter your username and password you will be logged in to your server and the SSH tunnel will be tting up public key authentication
will allow you to connect to your server without entering a nfiguring Your Browser to Use Proxy Now that you have open the SSH SOCKS tunnel, the last step is to configure your preferred browser to use refox The steps below are the same for Windows, macOS, and the upper right-hand corner, click on the hamburger icon ☰ to open Firefox’s menu:Click on the ⚙ Preferences down to the Network Settings section and click on the Settings… button. A new window will the Manual proxy configuration radio 127. 0. 1 in the SOCKS Host field and 9090 in the Port the Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5 on the OK button to save the this point, your Firefox is configured and you can browse the Internet through the SSH tunnel. To verify, you can open, type “what is my ip” and you should see your server IP revert back to the default settings go to Network Settings, select the Use system proxy settings radio button and save the are also several plugins that can help you to configure Firefox’s proxy settings such as FoxyProxy
Chrome Google Chrome uses the default system proxy settings. Instead of changing your operating system proxy settings you can either use an addon such as SwitchyOmega
or start Chrome web browser from the command launch Chrome using a new profile and your SSH tunnel use the following command:Linux:/usr/bin/google-chrome \
–user-data-dir=”$HOME/proxy-profile” \
–proxy-server=”socks5localhost:9090″
macOS:”/Applications/Google Chrome” \
Windows:”C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\” ^
