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-.. _modes:
-
-Modes of Operation
-==================
-
-Mitmproxy has four modes of operation that allow you to use mitmproxy in a
-variety of scenarios:
-
-- **Regular** (the default)
-- **Transparent**
-- **Reverse Proxy**
-- **Upstream Proxy**
-
-
-Now, which one should you pick? Use this flow chart:
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-flowchart.png
- :align: center
-
-Regular Proxy
--------------
-
-Mitmproxy's regular mode is the simplest and the easiest to set up.
-
-1. Start mitmproxy.
-2. Configure your client to use mitmproxy by explicitly setting an HTTP proxy.
-3. Quick Check: You should already be able to visit an unencrypted HTTP site through the proxy.
-4. Open the magic domain **mitm.it** and install the certificate for your device.
-
-.. note::
- Unfortunately, some applications bypass the system HTTP proxy settings - Android applications
- are a common example. In these cases, you need to use mitmproxy's transparent mode.
-
-If you are proxying an external device, your network will probably look like this:
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-regular.png
- :align: center
-
-The square brackets signify the source and destination IP addresses. Your
-client explicitly connects to mitmproxy and mitmproxy explicitly connects
-to the target server.
-
-Transparent Proxy
------------------
-
-In transparent mode, traffic is directed into a proxy at the network layer,
-without any client configuration required. This makes transparent proxying
-ideal for situations where you can't change client behaviour. In the graphic
-below, a machine running mitmproxy has been inserted between the router and
-the internet:
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-transparent-1.png
- :align: center
-
-The square brackets signify the source and destination IP addresses. Round
-brackets mark the next hop on the *Ethernet/data link* layer. This distinction
-is important: when the packet arrives at the mitmproxy machine, it must still
-be addressed to the target server. This means that Network Address Translation
-should not be applied before the traffic reaches mitmproxy, since this would
-remove the target information, leaving mitmproxy unable to determine the real
-destination.
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-transparent-wrong.png
- :align: center
-
-Common Configurations
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-There are many ways to configure your network for transparent proxying. We'll
-look at two common scenarios:
-
-1. Configuring the client to use a custom gateway/router/"next hop"
-2. Implementing custom routing on the router
-
-In most cases, the first option is recommended due to its ease of use.
-
-(a) Custom Gateway
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-One simple way to get traffic to the mitmproxy machine with the destination IP
-intact, is to simply configure the client with the mitmproxy box as the
-default gateway.
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-transparent-2.png
- :align: center
-
-In this scenario, we would:
-
-1. Configure the proxy machine for transparent mode. You can find instructions
- in the :ref:`transparent` section.
-2. Configure the client to use the proxy machine's IP as the default gateway.
-3. Quick Check: At this point, you should already be able to visit an
- unencrypted HTTP site over the proxy.
-4. Open the magic domain **mitm.it** and install the certificate
- for your device.
-
-Setting the custom gateway on clients can be automated by serving the settings
-out to clients over DHCP. This lets set up an interception network where all
-clients are proxied automatically, which can save time and effort.
-
-.. admonition:: Troubleshooting Transparent Mode
- :class: note
-
- Incorrect transparent mode configurations are a frequent source of
- error. If it doesn't work for you, try the following things:
-
- - Open mitmproxy's event log (press :kbd:`e`) - do you see clientconnect messages?
- If not, the packets are not arriving at the proxy. One common cause is the occurrence of ICMP
- redirects, which means that your machine is telling the client that there's a faster way to
- the internet by contacting your router directly (see the :ref:`transparent` section on how to
- disable them). If in doubt, Wireshark_ may help you to see whether something arrives at your
- machine or not.
- - Make sure you have not explicitly configured an HTTP proxy on the client.
- This is not needed in transparent mode.
- - Re-check the instructions in the :ref:`transparent` section. Anything you missed?
-
- If you encounter any other pitfalls that should be listed here, please let us know!
-
-(b) Custom Routing
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-In some cases, you may need more fine-grained control of which traffic reaches
-the mitmproxy instance, and which doesn't. You may, for instance, choose only
-to divert traffic to some hosts into the transparent proxy. There are a huge
-number of ways to accomplish this, and much will depend on the router or
-packet filter you're using. In most cases, the configuration will look like
-this:
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-transparent-3.png
- :align: center
-
-
-Reverse Proxy
--------------
-
-mitmproxy is usually used with a client that uses the proxy to access the
-Internet. Using reverse proxy mode, you can use mitmproxy to act like a normal
-HTTP server:
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-reverse.png
- :align: center
-
-There are various use-cases:
-
-- Say you have an internal API running at http://example.local/. You could now
- set up mitmproxy in reverse proxy mode at http://debug.example.local/ and
- dynamically point clients to this new API endpoint, which provides them
- with the same data and you with debug information. Similarly, you could move
- your real server to a different IP/port and set up mitmproxy in the original
- place to debug and or redirect all sessions.
-
-- Say you're a web developer working on http://example.com/ (with a development
- version running on http://localhost:8000/). You can modify your hosts file so that
- example.com points to 127.0.0.1 and then run mitmproxy in reverse proxy mode
- on port 80. You can test your app on the example.com domain and get all
- requests recorded in mitmproxy.
-
-- Say you have some toy project that should get SSL support. Simply set up
- mitmproxy as a reverse proxy on port 443 and you're done (``mitmdump -p 443 -R
- http://localhost:80/``). Mitmproxy auto-detects TLS traffic and intercepts it dynamically.
- There are better tools for this specific task, but mitmproxy is very quick and simple way to
- set up an SSL-speaking server.
-
-- Want to add a non-SSL-capable compression proxy in front of your server? You
- could even spawn a mitmproxy instance that terminates SSL (``-R http://...``),
- point it to the compression proxy and let the compression proxy point to a
- SSL-initiating mitmproxy (``-R https://...``), which then points to the real
- server. As you see, it's a fairly flexible thing.
-
-.. admonition:: Caveat: Interactive Use
- :class: warning
-
- Reverse Proxy mode is usually not sufficient to create a copy of an interactive website at
- different URL. The HTML served to the client remains unchanged - as soon as the user clicks on
- an non-relative URL (or downloads a non-relative image resource), traffic no longer passes
- through mitmproxy.
-
-Upstream Proxy
---------------
-
-If you want to chain proxies by adding mitmproxy in front of a different proxy
-appliance, you can use mitmproxy's upstream mode. In upstream mode, all
-requests are unconditionally transferred to an upstream proxy of your choice.
-
-.. image:: schematics/proxy-modes-upstream.png
- :align: center
-
-mitmproxy supports both explicit HTTP and explicit HTTPS in upstream proxy
-mode. You could in theory chain multiple mitmproxy instances in a row, but
-that doesn't make any sense in practice (i.e. outside of our tests).
-
-
-.. _Wireshark: https://wireshark.org/