Cannot add SOCKS proxy to Tor Browser

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Finally, I’ve found the solution how to turn on SOCKS proxy on Tor Browser in Whonix Workstation. I made the following steps:

  1. Reinstalled fresh Tor Browser using Tor Browser Downloader (by Whonix)
  2. Started TB, went to about:config and switched network.dns.disabled (enable DNS resolving) option to false
  3. Then, I switched extensions.torbutton.use_nontor_proxy (allow Tor Browser to use non-Tor proxies) to true. Browser was restarted automatically after switching that option
  4. Then, in about:config I set network.proxy.no_proxies_on option value 0 (told TB that I want to use proxy)
  5. And finally, set up SOCKS proxy settings:
    network.proxy.socks → IP of proxy server
    network.proxy.socks_port → Port number
    network.proxy.socks_remote_dns → false (if your proxy server doesn’t support resolving DNS through proxy. In this case, DNS will go through Tor exit nodes thanks to Whonix)
    network.proxy.socks_version → 4/5 (Version of your proxy server)

After that, everything worked well!

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