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Mac OS X 10.10.5

Firefox 40.0.3

Does anyone know how to get FireFox to prompt for username/password when trying to set up a SOCKS5 proxy? I read that many people have issues with being asked to often to login but I can't get asked even once to login.

I have tried modifying the true/false value of:

network.automatic-ntlm-auth.allow-proxies
network.negotiate-auth.allow-proxies

both there is no change.

I have tried scouring the internet for a solution but nothing seems to make a change in not being able to authenticate the login.

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Here is a link to the proxy setup section that mentions configuring proxy for HTTP, SSL, FTP and maybe SOCKS5: http://oi60.tinypic.com/4tsrba.jpg

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Firefox does not support SOCKS5 authentication. Neither do other browsers, at least as far as I am aware.

The settings you found refer to regular (HTTP) proxies.

If you really want to use a proxy that needs authentication, you need a wrapper, like socksify on Linux systems. I’m not aware of any non-defunct Windows software offering similar functionality. Sockscap used to be available, but its continued existence is nebulous at best.

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