ZeroTrace OSINT
Proxy & Anonymity
Four tools for validating proxies, discovering proxy sources, and previewing what a request looks like through a proxy.
The Proxy & Anonymity discipline covers the toolkit's proxy-validation utilities. They are the lightweight versions of the more comprehensive ZeroTrace Proxy suite, useful when you need a quick proxy check inside your investigation without leaving the OSINT toolkit.
What's in this section
| Tool | What it does | Best when |
|---|---|---|
| Proxy validation | Check whether a proxy works, measure latency, detect leaks, classify anonymity | You have a proxy list and need to know which entries are alive |
| Proxy discovery | Scrape free proxy lists from public sources | You need new proxies and do not have a list |
| Proxy viewer | Send a request through a proxy and inspect the full response | You want to see exactly what a target sees when you connect through a proxy |
When to use these vs. ZeroTrace Proxy
The OSINT toolkit's proxy tools are deliberately lightweight:
- Single-shot operations, check one proxy, scrape one source, view one response.
- Inline with your investigation, pivot directly from a proxy result into the rest of the OSINT toolkit.
- No long-running runtime, the OSINT tools do not run a local proxy endpoint for you to point your browser at.
If you need:
- Continuous proxy validation at scale.
- Saved proxy pools with tags and metadata.
- A local rotation runtime for routing your own traffic.
- Multi-hop chains with health monitoring.
, use the dedicated ZeroTrace Proxy suite. Both tools coexist; pick the one that matches the scope of the work.
The OSINT toolkit's proxy tools share underlying logic with ZeroTrace Proxy. Findings from either application are interoperable, proxy lists, validation results, and check formats are common.
Common starting points
| You have... | Best first tool |
|---|---|
| A proxy list of unknown freshness | Proxy validation |
| A target you want to anonymise traffic to | Proxy discovery (then validation) |
| A proxy you want to verify behaves correctly against a specific URL | Proxy viewer |
What the toolkit does not do here
- Browser-wide proxying. This toolkit does not configure your operating system's proxy settings. Use ZeroTrace Proxy's rotation runtime if you need a local proxy endpoint.
- VPN provision. ZeroTrace does not operate a VPN. The proxy tools work with whatever proxy infrastructure you bring to them.
- Anonymous browsing. The toolkit's tools route their own requests through validated proxies (when you configure that in settings), they do not anonymise your separate browser sessions.