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authorMaximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com>2015-11-02 10:47:14 +0100
committerMaximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com>2015-11-02 10:47:14 +0100
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Reverse Proxy
=============
-In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP requests and forwards
+In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP(S) requests and forwards
them to the specified upstream server. This is in contrast to :ref:`upstreamproxy`, in which
-mitmproxy forwards HTTP proxy requests to an upstream proxy server.
+mitmproxy forwards HTTP(S) proxy requests to an upstream proxy server.
================== =====================================
command-line :option:`-R http[s]://hostname[:port]`
================== =====================================
-Here, **scheme** signifies if the proxy should use TLS to connect to the server.
+Here, **http[s]** signifies if the proxy should use TLS to connect to the server.
mitmproxy always accepts both encrypted and unencrypted requests and transforms
them to what the server expects.