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A proxy script, also known as a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file, is a JavaScript function that specifies how web browser requests like HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP should be routed.

So I can either connect with an HTTP proxy through port 1235, or with SOCKS through port 8080. This seems to work just fine; I can do a "what's my IP" request, and see it detects the remote proxy IP.