Does Windows support SOCKS5 proxy?

How do I use socks proxy on Windows 11?

Do I use the Windows VPN connection to proxy traffic or do I use the Windows Internet Connection Sharing settings to proxy traffic?

In any case, how do I use a socks proxy? Windows 11 uses Internet Connection Sharing by default. This allows you to connect your devices to a "Virtual Network" (VN). You would have to use the Virtual Network connection to configure the proxy settings.

If you are using a VPN you will want to use a VPN connection and not the Virtual Network connection.

Does Windows support SOCKS5 proxy?

I have some code which uses a SOCKS5 proxy.

My understanding is that the Windows implementation of sockets will use the SOCKS5 protocol. I have confirmed this using the SOCKS5 options in Wireshark to see what data is being sent when using a SOCKS5 proxy.

However, my code only works with a SOCKS4 proxy (for obvious reasons). Is there any way to configure a Windows box to support SOCKS5? The answers you find about using SOCKS5 on windows are not really reliable. I ran into a similar problem - and it turned out that SOCKS5 on Windows is really just SOCKS4. This is the content of the "SOCKS5" section of the SOCKS5 specification: The SOCKS5 protocol is implemented in exactly the same way as the SOCKS4 protocol. If you really need SOCKS5, it is your responsibility to ensure that you don't send unencrypted data.

How do I create a SOCKS5 proxy server in Windows?

I have used the software Proxifier to create a socks5 proxy server.

If I enter the IP address of the proxy server and port number of the socks5 server, I get a request on the port, but the incoming requests just come back saying '403 Forbidden'. Any idea why?

SOCKS5 is a protocol (and the software you're using to tunnel to it is a product of the same name). I'm pretty sure the problem is that Windows Socks does not actually create a "proxy server". It's just a little client that will connect to your web browser on your computer and ask it to make its HTTP requests through it. So if you want to use a SOCKS5 proxy server in Windows you need to look at software that allows you to configure what type of proxy server it is to act as a proxy server for HTTP.