NewsChrome IP Protection: how it worked and where it stands
Chrome IP Protection routed Incognito third-party traffic through two proxies. How it worked, the Masked Domain List, coarse geo, and its retirement status.5 min read→NewsApache HTTP/2 RCE CVE-2026-119618: check your server
Apache HTTP/2 vulnerability CVE-2026-119618 is a critical RCE in mod_http2, fixed in 2.4.71. A one-minute check for version, module and h2/h2c.6 min read→GuidesMASQUE proxy: how HTTP/3 tunnels UDP and IP traffic
A MASQUE proxy tunnels UDP and IP traffic over HTTP/3 with CONNECT-UDP and CONNECT-IP. How it works, who runs it today, and what it means for proxy users.11 min read→GuidesEncrypted Client Hello: what ECH hides and what proxies see
Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) hides the hostname in the TLS handshake. How it works, what stays visible, 2026 support, and why it often stops behind a proxy.10 min read→GuidesHTTP CONNECT method: how HTTPS gets through a proxy
The HTTP CONNECT method turns a proxy into a blind tunnel. The request, the 200 reply, what the proxy can and cannot see, why tunnels fail, and HTTP/3.13 min read→GuidesERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED: what it means, how to fix it
ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED means a proxy would not open the HTTPS tunnel. How to see the status Chrome hides, and the fix for each one, in Chrome and code.10 min read→GuidesProxy error codes: which hop sent it and how to fix it
Proxy error codes decoded by hop: which ones the proxy sends, which come from the target, how to read them with curl -v, and which ones are safe to retry.14 min read→ComparisonsProxy vs VPN: the difference, and which job needs which
Proxy vs VPN compared on scope, encryption, speed and detection: which jobs need a VPN, which need a proxy, and when to run both together.11 min read→Best PracticesProxy DNS leak test: check and fix it in your own client
A proxy DNS leak test you run through your own client: where curl, requests, httpx, Playwright and Node resolve names, what a leak exposes, and each fix.12 min read→ComparisonsSOCKS5 vs HTTP proxy: DNS, speed, security, which to use
SOCKS5 vs HTTP proxy compared: what each carries, where DNS resolves (socks5 vs socks5h), speed, auth, client support, and which one your job needs.11 min read→GuidesProxy format: IP, port, username and password, every form
Read and write proxy strings: host:port:user:pass, user:pass@host:port, http:// vs socks5h:// URLs, separate fields, password encoding and IPv6 brackets.12 min read→Case Studiesproxymint Lab #1: DNS, headers and redirects on our gateway
Proxy leak test results from our residential and mobile gateway: where DNS resolves per scheme, which forwarding headers arrive, and what plain HTTP gets.5 min read→