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SOCKS5 authentication please

Wed, 11/24/2010 - 05:55 — bitmonkey

I think the title says it all! FoxyProxy can't authenticate to socks 5 servers at present. I think this is a _BIG_ missing feature in such a great piece of software. I hope it gets implemented soon.

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Wed, 11/24/2010 - 11:07 — quark3

I'd really love to see this!

I'd really love to see this! I'm missing this too!

It would be great, as this is the only (but big) flaw of this addon! I would also buy the pro version if this gets implemented!

Wed, 11/24/2010 - 12:26 — FoxyProxy Support

Hello, Firefox itself

Hello,

Firefox itself doesn't support SOCKS authentication, so it is not possible to implement it in FoxyProxy at the moment.

Fri, 11/26/2010 - 01:32 — ericjung

Well, it is possible, but a

Well, it is possible, but a lot of work. It is on my "to-do" list.

Eric

Fri, 11/26/2010 - 02:29 — bitmonkey

Ok, understood - I really

Ok, understood - I really think it would make a huge different though, as behind a socks and with no way to authenticate to it all the other features of FP get negated and it's necessary to use a different browser entirely (or disable the addon). Thanks again for a cool bit of software.