#3 Set-up FoxyProxy in Firefox — Guide for Burp Suite

Piyush Kumawat (securitycipher)
3 min readNov 20, 2023

This article is a part of the Guide for Burp Suite series. Within the previous article, we see learn about the Different tools that are available with Burp Suite. Now we’ll move forward and learn about the basics of proxy and how we can configure the FoxyProxy tool with the Firefox browser. So Let’s Get Started.

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Add FoxyProxy extension to Firefox

Below are the steps that how we can Install the FoxyProxy tool extensions and configure it with firefox.

1. The first thing we need to do is start Firefox and navigate to the “Add-ons Manager” from the Options menu in the firefox browser.

2. On the “Add-ons Manager” page, search for “FoxyProxy” using the search field. After that click the “Add to Firefox” button to add the extension.

3. After that click on “Add” on the prompt to add the extension on the firefox.

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4. Now you are able to see a little icon in the upper-right area of the browser, Next to bookmarks, or whatever else is in the toolbar. Click the FoxyProxy icon and select “Options” to go to the settings page.

5. Next, click “Add” to add a custom proxy, and then enter “127.0.0.1” in the “Proxy IP address or DNS name” field and “8080” in the “Port” field and click on the “Save” button.

6. Now, all we have to do is enable it while Burp is running, now this allows you to simply switch the proxy on and off or even switch between different proxies. Click the icon and select “127.0.0.1:8080” to turn it on.

Congratulation! finally, you know what is FoxyProxy and how to configure it with the Firefox browser. In the next Part, we will discuss how we can install Burp’s CA Certificate in Firefox so that we can intercept the HTTPS requests in the Burp Suite.

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