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authorDavid Weinstein <dweinst@insitusec.com>2016-01-26 13:09:22 -0500
committerDavid Weinstein <dweinst@insitusec.com>2016-01-26 13:09:22 -0500
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Add SNI ignore docs and have code match it
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diff --git a/docs/features/passthrough.rst b/docs/features/passthrough.rst
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@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ mitmproxy allows you to specify a regex which is matched against a ``host:port``
There are two important quirks to consider:
-- **In transparent mode, the ignore pattern is matched against the IP.** While we usually infer the
+- **In transparent mode, the ignore pattern is matched against the IP and ClientHello SNI host.** While we usually infer the
hostname from the Host header if the :option:`--host` argument is passed to mitmproxy, we do not
- have access to this information before the SSL handshake.
+ have access to this information before the SSL handshake. If the client uses SNI however, then we treat the SNI host as an ignore target.
- In regular mode, explicit HTTP requests are never ignored. [#explicithttp]_ The ignore pattern is
applied on CONNECT requests, which initiate HTTPS or clear-text WebSocket connections.