Model proxy.pac for configuring Firefox with Tor

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I’m following steps to set up my diy server with linux. Got to the bit about configuring Firefox to work with Tor:

  1. Ensure you are already running Tor on your Linux machine.

  2. Download the Proxy Auto Config file to inform Firefox how to resolve .onion URLs. You can get Start9’s standard file from a terminal, by using:

    sudo wget -P ~/ https://start9.com/assets/proxy.pac

This asset no longer seems to be here. Is there a model proxy.pac file I can use? I don’t understand enough yet to modify my own.

Thank you

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Hi FatherGeorge

I managed to download the file, so it’s definitely up. Perhaps you’re missing the wget tool to make the command work. What exact error are you getting when you enter the command?

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Thanks very much for the reply.

father-george@father-george:~/Father George$ sudo wget -P ~/ https://start9.com/assets/proxy.pac
[sudo] password for father-george:
–2026-03-11 19:39:06-- https://start9.com/assets/proxy.pac
Resolving start9.com (start9.com)… 159.65.240.101
Connecting to start9.com (start9.com)|159.65.240.101|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2026-03-11 19:39:07 ERROR 404: Not Found.

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I’m seeing the same error. I’ll look into what’s going on.

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We made some changes our servers recently. We’ll get this fixed shorty. You can try back, or I’ll post the new path if it has changed.

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It’s back up, @FatherGeorge:
https://start9.com/assets/proxy.pac

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Thank you so much. And don’t call me shorty :slight_smile:

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My apologies. Surely, you’ll forgive me. :wink:

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May the Force be with you. And don’t call me Shirley.

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