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+--- Thread: Need Help Setting Up a Socks 5 Configurator? Best Practices and Tips? or How Do You Optimize Your Soc (/thread-need-help-setting-up-a-socks-5-configurator-best-practices-and-tips-or-how-do-you-optimize-your-soc)
“” - fastVoy_77 - 25-03-2025
Hey! For a socks 5 configurator, I’d recommend *Squid* if you need caching too. It’s a bit heavier but super flexible.
Common pitfall? Misconfigured DNS settings. Make sure it’s not leaking.
For testing, just run `wget` through the proxy and see if it fetches the page.