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diff --git a/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst b/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst index 85ad33e8..57b353ae 100644 --- a/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst +++ b/docs/features/reverseproxy.rst @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Host Header In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy automatically rewrites the Host header to match the upstream server. This allows mitmproxy to easily connect to existing endpoints on the -open web (e.g. ``mitmproxy -R https://example.com``). +open web (e.g. ``mitmproxy -R https://example.com``). You can disable this behaviour +by passing ``--keep-host-header`` on the console. However, keep in mind that absolute URLs within the returned document or HTTP redirects will NOT be rewritten by mitmproxy. This means that if you click on a link for "http://example.com" @@ -39,4 +40,4 @@ in the returned web page, you will be taken directly to that URL, bypassing mitm One possible way to address this is to modify the hosts file of your OS so that "example.com" resolves to your proxy's IP, and then access the proxy by going directly to example.com. -Make sure that your proxy can still resolve the original IP, or specify an IP in mitmproxy.
\ No newline at end of file +Make sure that your proxy can still resolve the original IP, or specify an IP in mitmproxy. |