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Proxying Local Traffic ​

To proxy local traffic, it is necessary to bypass implicit rules that match against localhost addresses using a method mentioned below.

FoxyProxy ​

Click on the FoxyProxy browser extension, select Options, type <-loopback> to the Global Exclude input field, and click on the Save button to update and save the configuration.

The Global Exclude list.

INFO

In general, the implicit bypass rules can be modified in the proxy settings of different systems/browsers/extensions by supplying <-loopback> to the hosts list. This input field is typically accompanied with a title or description that includes terms or keywords such as: except these addresses/no-proxy for/exclude.

Chrome ​

Launch Chrome via the terminal with the --proxy-server=<address:port> and --proxy-bypass-list="<-loopback>" arguments.

google-chrome --proxy-server=127.0.0.1:8080` --proxy-bypass-list="<-loopback>"

Firefox ​

Launch Firefox, navigate to about:config, set network.proxy.allow_hijacking_localhost to true, and restart the browser.

The Firefox configuration page.

lvh.me ​

Navigate to http://lvh.me/. This domain name resolves to 127.0.0.1.