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I have a local proxy on my PC. (localhost:8888) But unfortunately there are many programs which are not able to go through this proxy. So how can I force all my programs to go through my local proxy (or tunnel my connections to my local proxy)?

So all the programs on my PC could go through this proxy before reaching the internet!!?

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what kind of a proxy do you have on localhost:8888? ssh, vpn, tor? and also, are you using windows, linux, macos? – pootzko Nov 15 '11 at 12:57
@pootzko default port for Fiddler so that would be my guess – ephrack Dec 5 '11 at 11:16

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Have you considered using a transparent proxy? It can automatically intercept all traffic and feed it to the proxy.

If you're asking about Tor, check out the Tor transparent proxy, which might do exactly what you want. You might also check out Torouter.

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do you have any suggestions for a transparent proxy (application?) – planIT Nov 15 '11 at 11:06
squid proxy with a linux firewall redirect rule, but thats not a single application nor a windows solution... – Dog eat cat world Nov 15 '11 at 14:35
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Okay, thanks - i found an application named: Proxifier – planIT Nov 15 '11 at 15:21
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At least, you can block all outcoming connections with a firewall, and allow only outcoming from localhost:8888, but this doesn't entirely solve your problem

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That's not actually going to work, because the outgoing connections from the proxy won't be coming from port 8888. The source port of the outgoing connections from the proxy is independent of the destination port of connections to the proxy; the latter is 8888, but the former will be random. – D.W. Nov 15 '11 at 18:54

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