4.2.3 Proxy Settings

Option: socks-proxy host[:port]

This option enables tunneling the connections through a SOCKS proxy server, specified as an argument host. The port default value is 1080, which is a common port number for SOCKS proxies.

Option: socks-v4 yes-or-no

This specifies a SOCKS protocol version 4. By default it is turned off, and a default mode is SOCKS protocol version 5.

Option: socks-auth username:password

Specify a user name and a password, if a SOCKS proxy server requires them. A username and a password are separated with a colon (‘:’).

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