To connect with certain server, I need to have always the same IP. For that purpose I created a private proxy, and I added authentication so that hackers wouldn't use it for malicious purposes.
Configuring the proxy on software like Firefox is a breeze. The problem is that web browsers aren't the only software that need to connect with this server. For this, I would like to configure my whole OS to be using the proxy.
I tried looking in Windows 10 network configuration, and I saw a place to put my proxy's IP address, but there is no option to include the username/password to connect.
How could I solve this problem?
Best Answer
Windows 10 does not support user-name and password for the automatic proxy, and this was done for security reasons.
You will need to setup a two-step proxy :
A possible solution is installing node.js together with proxy-password-automator, described as :
In theory, if you have a proxy server at
real_proxy_ip:8080
, then run the following command to create a local proxy atlocalhost:8081
Then you can set Window's proxy ip:port to
localhost:8081
.A more heavy-weight solution might be to use Squid. Other web proxies that might be of use are Privoxy, WinGate, Anon, CCProxy.