# Using Tor Browser's SOCKS Port

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/using-tor-browsers-socks-port/17718
**Category:** Core Tor
**Tags:** tor-browser, tor
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/using-tor-browsers-socks-port/17718 "2025-03-04T02:26:38Z")
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### Author: ![Protium\_serratum](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Protium\_serratum](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Protium_serratum)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/using-tor-browsers-socks-port/17718/2 "2025-03-04T22:02:09Z")

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Tor browser does not start an HTTP proxy by default, but you can add `HTTPTunnelPort 127.0.0.1:9152` to the `torrc` file to enable it.  
[https://manpages.debian.org/experimental/tor/tor.1.en.html](https://manpages.debian.org/experimental/tor/tor.1.en.html)

> **HTTPTunnelPort** [_address_ **:**]_port_| **auto** [_isolation flags_]
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> Open this port to listen for proxy connections using the “HTTP CONNECT” protocol instead of SOCKS. Set this to 0 if you don’t want to allow “HTTP CONNECT” connections. Set the port to “auto” to have Tor pick a port for you. This directive can be specified multiple times to bind to multiple addresses/ports. If multiple entries of this option are present in your configuration file, Tor will perform stream isolation between listeners by default. See SocksPort for an explanation of isolation flags. (Default: 0)

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