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>>> sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
- You may also want to consider enabling this permanently in ``/etc/sysctl.conf``.
+ You may also want to consider enabling this permanently in ``/etc/sysctl.conf`` or newly created ``/etc/sysctl.d/mitmproxy.conf``, see `here <https://superuser.com/a/625852>`__.
3. If your target machine is on the same physical network and you configured it to use a custom
gateway, disable ICMP redirects:
- >>> echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/send_redirects
+ >>> sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
+ >>> sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects=0
- You may also want to consider enabling this permanently in ``/etc/sysctl.conf``
- as demonstrated `here <https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/58081>`_.
+    You may also want to consider enabling this permanently in ``/etc/sysctl.conf`` or a newly created ``/etc/sysctl.d/mitmproxy.conf``, see `here <https://superuser.com/a/625852>`__.
4. Create an iptables ruleset that redirects the desired traffic to the
mitmproxy port. Details will differ according to your setup, but the
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ achieve transparent mode.
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080
+
+    You may also want to consider enabling this permanently with the ``iptables-persistent`` package, see `here <http://www.microhowto.info/howto/make_the_configuration_of_iptables_persistent_on_debian.html>`__.
5. Fire up mitmproxy. You probably want a command like this: