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| author | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@nullcube.com> | 2014-01-19 18:08:50 +1300 |
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| committer | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@nullcube.com> | 2014-01-19 18:08:50 +1300 |
| commit | 453075c77abe640282e27c6674d151d63296de0a (patch) | |
| tree | 84e58bf75eac4953f7bf0f84e82974ea15e5d86a /doc-src/features | |
| parent | dc59325329c345dac70aad0b8245371338356cce (diff) | |
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Doc and readme tweaks.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/index.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html | 10 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html b/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..203520d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + +In this mode, mitmproxy accepts proxy requests and unconditionally forwards all +requests to a specified upstream server. This is in contrast to <a +href="@!urlTo("reverseproxy.html")!@">reverse proxy mode</a>, in which +mitmproxy forwards ordinary HTTP requests to an upstream server. + +<table class="table"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-F http[s]://hostname[:port]</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>F</b></td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/index.py b/doc-src/features/index.py index f7efc23a..e15f3311 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/index.py +++ b/doc-src/features/index.py @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pages = [ Page("anticache.html", "Anticache"), Page("clientreplay.html", "Client-side replay"), Page("filters.html", "Filter expressions"), + Page("forwardproxy.html", "Forward proxy mode"), Page("setheaders.html", "Set Headers"), Page("serverreplay.html", "Server-side replay"), Page("sticky.html", "Sticky cookies and auth"), diff --git a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html index 524df083..d399cdc0 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html +++ b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy acts as a standard HTTP server and forwards -all requests to the specified upstream server. Note that the displayed URL for -flows in this mode will use the value of the __Host__ header field from the -request, not the reverse proxy server. +In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP requests and forwards +them to the specified upstream server. This is in contrast to <a +href="@!urlTo("forwardproxy.html")!@">forward proxy mode</a>, in which +mitmproxy forwards HTTP proxy requests to an upstream server. +Note that the displayed URL for flows in this mode will use the value of the +__Host__ header field from the request, not the reverse proxy server. <table class="table"> <tbody> |