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author | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@nullcube.com> | 2014-01-22 13:33:02 +1300 |
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committer | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@nullcube.com> | 2014-01-22 13:33:02 +1300 |
commit | 8f88fcedd601c0033b4469b66626a83011879baf (patch) | |
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Move the doc tree out into its own repo.
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-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/clientreplay.html | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/filters.html | 36 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/index.py | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/proxyauth.html | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/replacements.html | 74 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/serverreplay.html | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/setheaders.html | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/sticky.html | 60 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc-src/features/upstreamcerts.html | 21 |
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diff --git a/doc-src/features/anticache.html b/doc-src/features/anticache.html deleted file mode 100644 index f42903e8..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/anticache.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ - -When the __anticache__ option is passed to mitmproxy, it removes headers -(__if-none-match__ and __if-modified-since__) that might elicit a -304-not-modified response from the server. This is useful when you want to make -sure you capture an HTTP exchange in its totality. It's also often used during -[client replay](@!urlTo("clientreplay.html")!@), when you want to make sure the -server responds with complete data. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>--anticache</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>o</b> then <b>a</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/clientreplay.html b/doc-src/features/clientreplay.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6638d078..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/clientreplay.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ - -Client-side replay does what it says on the tin: you provide a previously saved -HTTP conversation, and mitmproxy replays the client requests one by one. Note -that mitmproxy serializes the requests, waiting for a response from the server -before starting the next request. This might differ from the recorded -conversation, where requests may have been made concurrently. - -You may want to use client-side replay in conjunction with the -[anticache](@!urlTo("anticache.html")!@) option, to make sure the server -responds with complete data. - - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-c path</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>c</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/filters.html b/doc-src/features/filters.html deleted file mode 100644 index c7f0f78b..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/filters.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ - -Many commands in __mitmproxy__ and __mitmdump__ take a filter expression. -Filter expressions consist of the following operators: - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <!--(for i in filt_help)--> - <tr> - <td class="filt_cmd">@!i[0]!@</td> - <td class="filt_help">@!i[1]!@</td> - </tr> - <!--(end)--> - </tbody> -</table> - -- Regexes are Python-style -- Regexes can be specified as quoted strings -- Header matching (~h, ~hq, ~hs) is against a string of the form "name: value". -- Strings with no operators are matched against the request URL. -- The default binary operator is &. - -Examples -======== - -URL containing "google.com": - - google\.com - -Requests whose body contains the string "test": - - ~q ~b test - -Anything but requests with a text/html content type: - - !(~q & ~t \"text/html\") - diff --git a/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html b/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html deleted file mode 100644 index 203520d5..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/forwardproxy.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ - -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 deleted file mode 100644 index e15f3311..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/index.py +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -from countershape import Page - -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"), - Page("proxyauth.html", "Proxy Authentication"), - Page("replacements.html", "Replacements"), - Page("reverseproxy.html", "Reverse proxy mode"), - Page("upstreamcerts.html", "Upstream Certs"), -] diff --git a/doc-src/features/proxyauth.html b/doc-src/features/proxyauth.html deleted file mode 100644 index c22d50f3..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/proxyauth.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ - -Asks the user for authentication before they are permitted to use the proxy. -Authentication headers are stripped from the flows, so they are not passed to -upstream servers. For now, only HTTP Basic authentication is supported. The -proxy auth options are ignored if the proxy is in transparent or reverse proxy -mode. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> - <td> - <ul> - <li>--nonanonymous</li> - - <li>--singleuser USER</li> - - <li>--htpasswd PATH</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - - - diff --git a/doc-src/features/replacements.html b/doc-src/features/replacements.html deleted file mode 100644 index c10fe2c3..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/replacements.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -Mitmproxy lets you specify an arbitrary number of patterns that define text -replacements within flows. Each pattern has 3 components: a filter that defines -which flows a replacement applies to, a regular expression that defines what -gets replaced, and a target value that defines what is substituted in. - -Replace hooks fire when either a client request or a server response is -received. Only the matching flow component is affected: so, for example, if a -replace hook is triggered on server response, the replacement is only run on -the Response object leaving the Request intact. You control whether the hook -triggers on the request, response or both using the filter pattern. If you need -finer-grained control than this, it's simple to create a script using the -replacement API on Flow components. - -Replacement hooks are extremely handy in interactive testing of applications. -For instance you can use a replace hook to replace the text "XSS" with a -complicated XSS exploit, and then "inject" the exploit simply by interacting -with the application through the browser. When used with tools like Firebug and -mitmproxy's own interception abilities, replacement hooks can be an amazingly -flexible and powerful feature. - - -## On the command-line - -The replacement hook command-line options use a compact syntax to make it easy -to specify all three components at once. The general form is as follows: - - /patt/regex/replacement - -Here, __patt__ is a mitmproxy filter expression, __regex__ is a valid Python -regular expression, and __replacement__ is a string literal. The first -character in the expression (__/__ in this case) defines what the separation -character is. Here's an example of a valid expression that replaces "foo" with -"bar" in all requests: - - :~q:foo:bar - -In practice, it's pretty common for the replacement literal to be long and -complex. For instance, it might be an XSS exploit that weighs in at hundreds or -thousands of characters. To cope with this, there's a variation of the -replacement hook specifier that lets you load the replacement text from a file. -So, you might start __mitmdump__ as follows: - -<pre class="terminal"> -mitmdump --replace-from-file :~q:foo:~/xss-exploit -</pre> - -This will load the replacement text from the file __~/xss-exploit__. - -Both the _--replace_ and _--replace-from-file_ flags can be passed multiple -times. - - -## Interactively - -The _R_ shortcut key in mitmproxy lets you add and edit replacement hooks using -a built-in editor. The context-sensitive help (_h_) has complete usage -information. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> - <td> - <ul> - <li>--replace</li> - <li>--replace-from-file</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>R</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html deleted file mode 100644 index d399cdc0..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ - -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> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-P http[s]://hostname[:port]</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>P</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/serverreplay.html b/doc-src/features/serverreplay.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1282be06..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/serverreplay.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ - -- command-line: _-S path_ -- mitmproxy shortcut: _S_ - -Server-side replay lets us replay server responses from a saved HTTP -conversation. - -Matching requests with responses --------------------------------- - -By default, __mitmproxy__ excludes request headers when matching incoming -requests with responses from the replay file. This works in most circumstances, -and makes it possible to replay server responses in situations where request -headers would naturally vary, e.g. using a different user agent. The _--rheader -headername_ command-line option allows you to override this behaviour by -specifying individual headers that should be included in matching. - - -Response refreshing -------------------- - -Simply replaying server responses without modification will often result in -unexpected behaviour. For example cookie timeouts that were in the future at -the time a conversation was recorded might be in the past at the time it is -replayed. By default, __mitmproxy__ refreshes server responses before sending -them to the client. The __date__, __expires__ and __last-modified__ headers are -all updated to have the same relative time offset as they had at the time of -recording. So, if they were in the past at the time of recording, they will be -in the past at the time of replay, and vice versa. Cookie expiry times are -updated in a similar way. - -You can turn off response refreshing using the _--norefresh_ argument, or using -the _o_ options shortcut within __mitmproxy__. - - diff --git a/doc-src/features/setheaders.html b/doc-src/features/setheaders.html deleted file mode 100644 index b74525df..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/setheaders.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ - -This feature lets you specify a set of headers to be added to requests or -responses, based on a filter pattern. You can specify these either on the -command-line, or through an interactive editor in mitmproxy. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> - <td> - --setheader PATTERN - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>H</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> diff --git a/doc-src/features/sticky.html b/doc-src/features/sticky.html deleted file mode 100644 index 59116067..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/sticky.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ - -## Sticky cookies - -When the sticky cookie option is set, __mitmproxy__ will add the cookie most -recently set by the server to any cookie-less request. Consider a service that -sets a cookie to track the session after authentication. Using sticky cookies, -you can fire up mitmproxy, and authenticate to a service as you usually would -using a browser. After authentication, you can request authenticated resources -through mitmproxy as if they were unauthenticated, because mitmproxy will -automatically add the session tracking cookie to requests. Among other things, -this lets you script interactions with authenticated resources (using tools -like wget or curl) without having to worry about authentication. - -Sticky cookies are especially powerful when used in conjunction with [client -replay](@!urlTo("clientreplay.html")!@) - you can record the authentication -process once, and simply replay it on startup every time you need to interact -with the secured resources. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> - <td> - <ul> - <li>-t FILTER</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>t</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - - -## Sticky auth - -The sticky auth option is analogous to the sticky cookie option, in that HTTP -__Authorization__ headers are simply replayed to the server once they have been -seen. This is enough to allow you to access a server resource using HTTP Basic -authentication through the proxy. Note that __mitmproxy__ doesn't (yet) support -replay of HTTP Digest authentication. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> - <td> - <ul> - <li>-u FILTER</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <th>mitmproxy shortcut</th> <td><b>u</b></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - - diff --git a/doc-src/features/upstreamcerts.html b/doc-src/features/upstreamcerts.html deleted file mode 100644 index 8de75ee3..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/upstreamcerts.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -When mitmproxy receives a connection destined for an SSL-protected service, it -freezes the connection before reading its request data, and makes a connection -to the upstream server to "sniff" the contents of its SSL certificate. The -information gained - the __Common Name__ and __Subject Alternative Names__ - is -then used to generate the interception certificate, which is sent to the client -so the connection can continue. - -This rather intricate little dance lets us seamlessly generate correct -certificates even if the client has specifed only an IP address rather than the -hostname. It also means that we don't need to sniff additional data to generate -certs in transparent mode. - -Upstream cert sniffing is on by default, and can optionally be turned off. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>--no-upstream-cert</td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> |