Lots of VPNs offer a SOCKS proxy service, but what is it? Keep reading, and we'll dig into SOCKS proxies and when you might want to use them.

If you want to escape your network's filters and censorship, or simply surf safely, SSH tunneling is the best solution.

Most browsers include proxy support. For Firefox 3, go to Edit→Preferences→Advanced→Network→Settings, and specify that you want to use a Manual Proxy, localhost, port 12345 and SOCKS v5 (although ...

From the online research I've done, when Chrome is set to use a SOCKS proxy, it automatically forwards DNS. So it SHOULD be the case that connecting through local 8080 performs no local DNS queries.

For Linux developers, sysadmins, and cybersecurity enthusiasts, using a mobile residential proxy from the terminal can boost ...