From e1148584380058f264b7aa7e9493115e4e8f2bbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maximilian Hils Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:29:35 +0200 Subject: add generic tcp proxying, fix #374 --- doc-src/_nav.html | 1 + doc-src/features/index.py | 1 + doc-src/features/passthrough.html | 12 ++++++++---- doc-src/features/responsestreaming.html | 6 +++++- doc-src/features/tcpproxy.html | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc-src/features/tcpproxy.html (limited to 'doc-src') diff --git a/doc-src/_nav.html b/doc-src/_nav.html index 822e9fa6..8bd03db2 100644 --- a/doc-src/_nav.html +++ b/doc-src/_nav.html @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $!nav("serverreplay.html", this, state)!$ $!nav("setheaders.html", this, state)!$ $!nav("passthrough.html", this, state)!$ + $!nav("tcpproxy.html", this, state)!$ $!nav("sticky.html", this, state)!$ $!nav("reverseproxy.html", this, state)!$ $!nav("upstreamproxy.html", this, state)!$ diff --git a/doc-src/features/index.py b/doc-src/features/index.py index 477bb8af..40a2669c 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/index.py +++ b/doc-src/features/index.py @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pages = [ Page("setheaders.html", "Set Headers"), Page("serverreplay.html", "Server-side replay"), Page("sticky.html", "Sticky cookies and auth"), + Page("tcpproxy.html", "TCP Proxy"), Page("upstreamcerts.html", "Upstream Certs"), Page("upstreamproxy.html", "Upstream proxy mode"), ] \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc-src/features/passthrough.html b/doc-src/features/passthrough.html index 039d6b58..7c830639 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/passthrough.html +++ b/doc-src/features/passthrough.html @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ -There are a couple of reasons why you may want to exempt some traffic from mitmproxy's interception mechanism: +There are two main reasons why you may want to exempt some traffic from mitmproxy's interception mechanism: - **Certificate pinning:** Some traffic is is protected using [certificate pinning](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/29988/what-is-certificate-pinning) and mitmproxy's interception leads to errors. For example, Windows Update or the Apple App Store fail to work if mitmproxy is active. -- **Non-HTTP traffic:** WebSockets or other non-http protocols are not supported by mitmproxy yet. You can exempt the - domain from processing, which would otherwise fail. - **Convenience:** You really don't care about some parts of the traffic and just want them to go away. -If you want to ignore traffic from mitmproxy's processing because of large response bodies, check out the +If you want to peek into (SSL-protected) non-HTTP connections, check out the [tcp proxy](@!urlTo("tcpproxy.html")!@) feature. +If you want to ignore traffic from mitmproxy's processing because of large response bodies, take a look at the [response streaming](@!urlTo("responsestreaming.html")!@) feature. ## How it works @@ -74,4 +73,9 @@ Here are some other examples for ignore patterns: --ignore 17\.178\.\d+\.\d+:443 +### See Also + +- [TCP Proxy](@!urlTo("tcpproxy.html")!@) +- [Response Streaming](@!urlTo("responsestreaming.html")!@) + [^explicithttp]: This stems from an limitation of explicit HTTP proxying: A single connection can be re-used for multiple target domains - a GET http://example.com/ request may be followed by a GET http://evil.com/ request on the same connection. If we start to ignore the connection after the first request, we would miss the relevant second one. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc-src/features/responsestreaming.html b/doc-src/features/responsestreaming.html index d20af65c..47fafef7 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/responsestreaming.html +++ b/doc-src/features/responsestreaming.html @@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ When response streaming is enabled, portions of the code which would have otherw on the response body will see an empty response body instead (libmproxy.protocol.http.CONTENT_MISSING). Any modifications will be ignored. Streamed responses are usually sent in chunks of 4096 bytes. If the response is sent with a Transfer-Encoding: - chunked header, the response will be streamed one chunk at a time. \ No newline at end of file + chunked header, the response will be streamed one chunk at a time. + +### See Also + +- [Ignore Domains](@!urlTo("passthrough.html")!@) diff --git a/doc-src/features/tcpproxy.html b/doc-src/features/tcpproxy.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..819cf297 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc-src/features/tcpproxy.html @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +WebSockets or other non-HTTP protocols are not supported by mitmproxy yet. However, you can exempt hostnames from +processing, so that mitmproxy acts as a generic TCP forwarder. This feature is closely related to the +[ignore domains](@!urlTo("passthrough.html")!@) functionality, but differs in two important aspects: + +- The raw TCP messages are printed to the event log. +- SSL connections will be intercepted. + +Please note that message interception or modification are not possible yet. +If you are not interested in the raw TCP messages, you should use the ignore domains feature. + +## How it works + + + + + + + + + + + +
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+ +For a detailed description on the structure of the hostname pattern, please refer to the [Ignore Domains](@!urlTo("passthrough.html")!@) feature. + +### See Also + +- [Ignore Domains](@!urlTo("passthrough.html")!@) +- [Response Streaming](@!urlTo("responsestreaming.html")!@) -- cgit v1.2.3