GuidesCrawlee proxy setup: rotation, sessions, tiers and SOCKS5
Crawlee proxy setup for Node and Python: ProxyConfiguration, how sessions pin proxies, the browser trap where proxyInfo lies, tiers, SOCKS5 and 407 loops.13 min read→NewsPostgreSQL 18.7 security release: 52 CVEs, check your version
PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20 and 14.25 fix 52 CVEs, including CVE-2026-6460 (CVSS 8.8). Check your version, your logins, and plan off 14.6 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→GuidesMCP proxy server: bridges, gateways and web egress
What an MCP proxy server does: stdio to HTTP bridges, aggregators and gateways, what the 2026-07-28 spec changed for them, security risks and web egress.12 min read→NewsChrome XML zero-day CVE-2026-125350: patch headless too
Chrome XML zero-day CVE-2026-125350 is fixed in 157.0.8103.50. Auto-update skips headless Chrome in Playwright, Puppeteer and Docker. How to check yours.5 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→NewsClaude Code email in User-Agent: what happened, how to check
Claude Code's model put signed-in users' emails in User-Agent headers. What Anthropic confirmed, what is fixed, and how to check what your clients send.5 min read→Newssshole OpenSSH vulnerability: check Alpine and OpenWrt
sshole lets long passwords into OpenSSH on musl without PAM. Who is affected, the fixed Alpine and OpenWrt packages, and how to check your logs.5 min read→Guides502 Bad Gateway proxy error: find who sent it, then fix it
A 502 through a proxy comes from the proxy or from the target's own gateway. How to tell them apart in one command, what causes each, and when to retry.11 min read→GuidesProxy timeout: connect, read or 504, and which side to fix
A proxy timeout names the phase that stalled: connect, the CONNECT tunnel, TLS or first byte. Read the error, time each phase with curl, fix the right side.15 min read→GuidesHow to set up a proxy on Android and iPhone
How to set up a proxy on Android and iPhone: Wi-Fi steps, what the setting misses, logging in with a password, mobile data, and device-wide options for QA.12 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→GuidesWeb scraping architecture: components, patterns and proxies
Web scraping architecture splits a scraper into scheduler, fetcher, parser, storage and monitoring layers. How it changes with scale, and where proxies belong.12 min read→GuidesPuppeteer proxy setup: launch flag, auth, contexts, SOCKS5 and rotation
Set a Puppeteer proxy with --proxy-server or per browser context, authenticate with page.authenticate, fix 407 and SOCKS5 errors, and rotate by context.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→GuidesSelenium proxy setup: auth, SOCKS5, Firefox and rotation
Set a Selenium proxy in Chrome and Firefox, add username and password auth tested on Selenium 4.50 and Chrome 154, fix SOCKS5 errors and rotate per driver.12 min read→Guidescurl proxy: -x, auth, SOCKS5, timing and exit codes
Run curl through a proxy with -x: credentials and encoding, socks5 vs socks5h, env vars, --noproxy, timing with -w, and what exit codes 5, 7 and 97 mean.12 min read→GuidesPython requests proxy: auth, sessions, SOCKS5 and rotation
Set a proxy in Python requests the right way: the proxies dict and its https key, auth encoding, sessions, SOCKS5, rotation, retries and the silent bypass.14 min read→ComparisonsBest language for web scraping: Python, Node, Go and Java compared
Python, Node, Go and Java compared for scraping by parsing tools, concurrency, headless browsers and proxy support, with a verified proxy snippet for each.12 min read→Best PracticesProxy performance tuning: concurrency, reuse and timeouts
Proxy performance is mostly decided on the client. Tune connection reuse, concurrency and timeouts in order, then measure each phase with curl.12 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→GuidesProxies for AI agents: giving an agent reliable web access
Proxies for AI agents give a cloud-hosted agent a home or ISP origin. Which jobs need one, which type and rotation fit, and how to wire Playwright and MCP.13 min read→GuidesOkHttp proxy: auth, SOCKS5, rotation and 407 fixes
OkHttp proxy setup in Kotlin and Java for OkHttp 4.12 and 5.x: proxyAuthenticator done right, SOCKS5 logins, the system proxy, rotation and the 407 traps.15 min read→GuidesPHP cURL proxy: CURLOPT_PROXY, auth, SOCKS5 and errors
PHP cURL proxy setup that works: CURLOPT_PROXY and PROXYUSERPWD, special characters, SOCKS5 and socks5h, env variables, reuse, rotation and the 407 errors.9 min read→GuidesC# HttpClient proxy: WebProxy, auth, SOCKS5 and rotation
C# HttpClient proxy setup for .NET 8 and 10: WebProxy credentials, SOCKS5, environment proxies, IHttpClientFactory, rotation and the 407 and https:// traps.14 min read→GuidesJava proxy setup: HttpClient, Authenticator and SOCKS5
Java proxy setup that works: system properties, java.net.Proxy, HttpClient, a scoped Authenticator, the 407 fix for Basic over CONNECT, SOCKS5, OkHttp, Apache.13 min read→GuidesPlaywright proxy setup: scopes, auth, SOCKS5, rotation and timezone
Set a Playwright proxy per browser, per context or in playwright.config. Fix 407 and SOCKS5 auth errors, rotate by context, and set timezone for geo-QA.13 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→GuidesDo proxy providers keep logs? What they record and why
Do proxy providers keep logs? What a proxy gateway records, what it cannot see over HTTPS, why "no logs" claims failed in court and how to read a policy.9 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→Best PracticesProxy detected error: what it means and how to fix it
Proxy detected means a site flagged your IP or your client. What each message means, an eight-check triage, and which causes a new proxy tier actually fixes.13 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→GuidesHow to use a proxy: system, browser, phone and code
How to use a proxy on Windows, macOS, iPhone, Android, Chrome, Firefox, curl and Python: what the details mean, where they go, and how to check it works.10 min read→