Feature: SOCKS5 Proxy Support

[0lhi]

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Problem Description

Currently, Ferdium seems to only offer HTTP/S Proxies, however, some Proxy Providers (like Mullvad VPN) only offer SOCKS5.

Proposed Solution

Add support for SOCKS5 Proxies in addition to HTTP/S.

Alternatives Considered

None come to mind.

Additional Information

Example for a Mullvad Proxy:

https://mullvad.net/en/servers/ https://mullvad.net/en/help/different-entryexit-node-using-wireguard-and-socks5-proxy/

[platonisation]

Maybe I do not understand the request properly but seems like this is already implemented. Posting here in case someone is looking for it.

I managed to connect to a socks5 proxy with this : socks://X.X.X.X

[TranGPT777]

@platonisation platonisation are the support config username and password ?

[vaisov]

I've tried using socks:// with ChatGPT, but it doesn't seem to work. I get a blank screen. The same proxy functions correctly with curl. Since the proxy requires credentials, I'm wondering if that could be the problem.