Proxies

Per profile, not per browser

A proxy is a property of a profile. Assign one to your “Acme Client” profile and every browser you open under that profile sends its traffic through it; your “Personal” profile keeps its own, or none. Open ten browsers on the same proxied profile and all ten share that route.

Proxy types

You do not type a raw proxy URL. The dialog gives you structured fields and MetaDock assembles the rest. Choose a type:

Authenticated proxies

HTTP and HTTPS proxies can carry a username and password. Enter them once in the proxy dialog and MetaDock supplies them automatically whenever the proxy challenges for credentials, so you do not get a login pop-up on every page. Credential fields are shown for HTTP and HTTPS; the SOCKS option does not take separate credentials in the dialog.

Setting a proxy

Open the profile manager (Manage Profiles). Each profile row has:

• •Edit proxy settings — opens the proxy dialog for that profile: pick a type, fill in host and port, add credentials if needed, and save
• •Clear proxy — drops the profile back to a direct connection after a quick confirm

Proxies are always set in the context of a specific profile.

The saved-proxy library

If you reuse the same proxies across several profiles, you do not have to retype them. MetaDock keeps a saved-proxy library:

• •Save — store a proxy with an optional friendly label like "London DC" or "Residential US-East"
• •Reuse — the proxy dialog has a dropdown listing your saved proxies, so assigning the same one to another profile is a single pick
• •Delete — before it goes, MetaDock shows which profiles currently use it so you don't accidentally cut one off; affected profiles fall back to a direct connection the next time their browsers open

Seeing which proxy a browser uses

You can surface the proxy a browser is routed through right in its title bar. In the browser's title-bar identity options, turn on the proxy indicator and the title shows the proxy's host, or “Direct connection” when there is none. The profile name can ride along the same way, so a glance at the title tells you both who you are and how you are routed.

Good to know

• •The proxy is the profile's — set it on the profile and every browser under that profile uses it; there is no per-browser proxy override
• •Changes apply to new browsers — existing browsers keep their current route until reopened
• •One proxy can serve many profiles — save it once in the library and point as many profiles at it as you like
• •Credentials are remembered — enter a proxy username and password once and MetaDock answers the proxy's challenges silently after that
• •Pair with anti-fingerprint — a proxy changes where you appear to be; the anti-fingerprint geo controls can follow the proxy automatically so a London IP never shows up next to a New York timezone

See Anti-Fingerprint for how geolocation, timezone, and locale track the proxy.