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| author | Aldo Cortesi <aldo@corte.si> | 2018-02-22 20:48:17 +1300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-02-22 20:48:17 +1300 |
| commit | 443409e32bcc28a7f0475d7af42efff03473b72f (patch) | |
| tree | 9d749a57929a950f0e177a9bf4d6cd7d9a88c16b /docs/features/upstreamcerts.rst | |
| parent | 1cacefa104626e4e0df5ffb2aa8b0c6f16b615b2 (diff) | |
| parent | 982508d30f887b4fe8b2a855792ae1e33f378222 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #2890 from mitmproxy/newdocs
All new documentation
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diff --git a/docs/features/upstreamcerts.rst b/docs/features/upstreamcerts.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 4ef79e1b..00000000 --- a/docs/features/upstreamcerts.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -.. _upstreamcerts: - -Upstream Certificates -===================== - -When mitmproxy receives a connection destined for an SSL-protected service, it -freezes the connection before reading its request data, and makes a connection -to the upstream server to "sniff" the contents of its SSL certificate. The -information gained - the **Common Name** and **Subject Alternative Names** - is -then used to generate the interception certificate, which is sent to the client -so the connection can continue. - -This rather intricate little dance lets us seamlessly generate correct -certificates even if the client has specified only an IP address rather than the -hostname. It also means that we don't need to sniff additional data to generate -certs in transparent mode. - -Upstream cert sniffing is on by default, and can optionally be turned off. - -================== ====================== -command-line ``--no-upstream-cert`` -mitmproxy shortcut :kbd:`O` then :kbd:`U` -================== ====================== |