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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/30second.rst b/docs/tutorials/30second.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 4c8bf326..00000000 --- a/docs/tutorials/30second.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -.. _30second: - -Client playback: a 30 second example -==================================== - -My local cafe is serviced by a rickety and unreliable wireless network, -generously sponsored with ratepayers' money by our city council. After -connecting, you are redirected to an SSL-protected page that prompts you for a -username and password. Once you've entered your details, you are free to enjoy -the intermittent dropouts, treacle-like speeds and incorrectly configured -transparent proxy. - -I tend to automate this kind of thing at the first opportunity, on the theory -that time spent now will be more than made up in the long run. In this case, I -might use Firebug_ to ferret out the form post -parameters and target URL, then fire up an editor to write a little script -using Python's urllib_ to simulate a submission. -That's a lot of futzing about. With mitmproxy we can do the job -in literally 30 seconds, without having to worry about any of the details. -Here's how. - -1. Run mitmdump to record our HTTP conversation to a file. ----------------------------------------------------------- - ->>> mitmdump -w wireless-login - -2. Point your browser at the mitmdump instance. ------------------------------------------------ - -I use a tiny Firefox addon called `Toggle Proxy`_ to switch quickly to and from mitmproxy. -I'm assuming you've already :ref:`configured -your browser with mitmproxy's SSL certificate -authority <certinstall>`. - -3. Log in as usual. -------------------- - -And that's it! You now have a serialized version of the login process in the -file wireless-login, and you can replay it at any time like this: - ->>> mitmdump -c wireless-login - -Embellishments --------------- - -We're really done at this point, but there are a couple of embellishments we -could make if we wanted. I use wicd_ to -automatically join wireless networks I frequent, and it lets me specify a -command to run after connecting. I used the client replay command above and -voila! - totally hands-free wireless network startup. - -We might also want to prune requests that download CSS, JS, images and so -forth. These add only a few moments to the time it takes to replay, but they're -not really needed and I somehow feel compelled to trim them anyway. So, we fire up -the mitmproxy console tool on our serialized conversation, like so: - ->>> mitmproxy -r wireless-login - -We can now go through and manually delete (using the :kbd:`d` keyboard shortcut) -everything we want to trim. When we're done, we use :kbd:`w` to save the -conversation back to the file. - -.. _Firebug: https://getfirebug.com/ -.. _urllib: https://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html -.. _Toggle Proxy: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/toggle-proxy-51740/ -.. _wicd: https://launchpad.net/wicd |