Portable Proxifier 4.14
The Most Advanced Proxy Client. Proxifier allows network applications that do not support working through proxy servers to operate through a SOCKS or HTTPS proxy and chains.
Proxies still play an important role in Internet filtering and connectivity, especially for users who struggle to bypass restrictions and firewall rules that block certain websites and services.
Proxifier Portable is an application that aims to help you take another step towards total freedom on the Internet, as it is designed to grant you access to any online resource through your very own proxy, no matter the software solution you use.
As you may already know, some of the Windows apps we’re using do not come with built-in proxy support, so it’s almost impossible to start them if there’s a firewall restriction in place. But not if you use Proxifier. This application has been designed to enable any program to access the Internet through a proxy, no matter if it has such an option or not.
The user interface may seem a bit overwhelming at first glance, but there’s nothing too complicated. The proxy servers can be configured in a couple of seconds while setting the rules is only a matter of a few clicks through Proxifier’s menus.
Perhaps a small inconvenient is that you will need your very own proxy, so the application isn’t able to scan the Internet and give you one. During our tests, however, it was very easy to create so-called ‘Proxification Rules’ that allow selected applications to use specific ports on specific target hosts.
Another plus for Proxifier Portable is that it comes with detailed logs to inform you which programs are using the proxy or not, as well as detailed traffic statistics to check out what’s happening at any given moment.
Overall, Proxifier Portable offers a great experience as it supports a very wide range of applications and remains very light on computer resources.
Key Features:Key Features:
• Via proxy. Redirect connections of any internet application (browser, email, database, game, etc.) through a proxy.
• Manage your corporate network. Control access to resources. Route all your connections through a single point of entry. Update multiple configurations remotely from one location.
• Improve your connection. Route internet traffic along faster routes.
• Security and privacy. A lightweight and flexible alternative to VPN. Tunnel your connections through encrypted channels.
• Exceeding restrictions. Use a proxy server as a gateway for your online activities.
• Flexibility: Assign different proxies or chains to different connections using a rules-based system.
Network
• Proxifier can process all outgoing TCP connections.
• Full IPv6 support.
• Tunnel IPv4 connections through IPv6 proxy and vice versa.
Proxy Servers
• SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 4A (hostnames support) with User ID authentication.
• SOCKS 5 with Username/Password authentication.
• HTTPS with Basic and NTLM authentication (explicit and transparent modes).
• HTTP with Basic authentication (HTTP connections only).
• Tested with all major proxy server implementations including Microsoft ISA, Blue Coat, WinGate, Dante, Squid, Apache and others.
• Failover (redundancy list) allows assigning any number of back up proxies. Timeout is configurable.
• Proxy failure is transparent for the client application if redundancy is enabled.
• Each proxy can be assigned a short name (label) that can be conveniently used in other parts of Proxifier.
Proxy Chains
• Arbitrary length.
• Different proxy protocols can be used within the same chain.
• Proxies in the chain can be enabled/disabled.
• Convenient UI that allows chain creation and reordering with drag-and-drop.
• Load balancing chains.
Client Applications
• 32- and 64-bit applications support.
• Windows Services and applications run by other users (configurable).
• Proxification is transparent for the client applications.
• Best-in-class compatibility with the third party software. Automated conflict-resolution logic.
DNS
• System DNS and DNS over proxy supported.
• Hybrid mode.
• Automatic DNS mode detection.
• DNS over Proxy is supported for all proxy protocols.
• DNS exclusion list with wildcards (e.g. *.example.net).
Flexible Configuration
• Proxification rules can be based on application names, IP addresses, hostnames and port numbers.
• Each rule can be assigned to proxy, chain, block or direct connection.
• Rules are processed from top to bottom and can be reordered.
• Wildcards and masks are supported for applications, IP addresses and hostnames (e.g. *app.exe; 192.168.*.*; *.example.net).
• Ranges are supported for IP addresses and port numbers (e.g. 10.1.1.1–10.1.1.255; 80–1234).
• Live syntax check with highlighting.
• Individual rules can be enabled/disabled.
• Proxifier context menu (right-click on arbitrary .exe file) allows dynamic proxy selection for the application within a session.
Configuration Deployment and Management
• Configuration is stored in profile files (*.ppx).
• Human readable XML format.
• Unlimited length.
• Fast profile switching from a list.
• Profiles can be managed as files. Import and export is supported.
• Silent profile load with “Proxifier.exe profile-name.ppx silent-load” command.
• Profiles proxy passwords encryption with the current user login credentials or master password.
• Basic and AES 256-bit encryption supported.
• System-wide profile that is forcibly used for all users.
• User can enter login details interactively if login/password is blank in the profile.
• Proxifier can interactively ask login/password if authentication on proxy fails.
• Automatic profile update from a remote Web server. User’s proxy login details get preserved.
• An option to force profile passwords encryption via system registry.
• Fully compatible Proxifier profiles of Windows and Mac versions.
User Interface and Interaction
• Live information about connections including application name, target host, time/status, rule/proxy, received/sent bytes and more.
• Live traffic (bandwidth) graph.
• Live global statistics.
• Live output with 3 levels of verbosity.
• Color indication.
• System tray icon with traffic view.
• Adjustable UI that is persistent during restart (windows sizes, panes layout, etc).
Logs and Troubleshooting
• Detailed error messages.
• Log-file.
• Verbose mode for screen and log-file with a detailed output.
• Traffic dumps.
• Automatic self-check testing on each start.
• Automatic conflict detection logic.
• Custom crash reporter.
