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When I use a TLS forward proxy, networking software from the 90's works fine. For example, I still use original netcat from 1996 every day, as well as tcpclient from 2000.

Personally, I actually trust the "TLS code" in the proxy, e.g., to be up-to-date and correct, more than I trust the "TLS code" in today's "apps". It's easier to update the proxy, a single program, at the user's discretion, than to worry many different applications, all expected to be free of mistakes and to update prudently themselves.

With the proxy, it's open source so I can do a diff with the version I am using before deciding whether to compile and use a new version.