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Community consensus generally advises against using large, unverified free proxy lists for sensitive tasks. socks4 (13594).txt
Large lists of "free" SOCKS4 proxies are notorious for high failure rates. In a file of over 13,000 entries, you can expect a significant percentage (often 70% or more) to be offline, slow, or "dead" within hours of the list being scraped. proxy-list/online-proxies/txt/proxies-socks4
Unlike SOCKS5, SOCKS4 only supports TCP traffic. It cannot handle UDP (used for many streaming and gaming applications) or IPv6. Expert Perspectives Unlike SOCKS5, SOCKS4 only supports TCP traffic
SOCKS4 is an older protocol that does not support authentication . This means anyone with the IP and port can access the proxy. Because these proxies are often misconfigured servers or infected machines, using them can expose your traffic to logging or "man-in-the-middle" attacks by the proxy provider.