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Getting started on mitmproxy

mitmproxy is a free and open source interactive HTTPS proxy

mitmweb

The mitmproxy project's tools are a set of front-ends that expose common underlying functionality. * mitmproxy is an interactive, SSL-capable intercepting proxy with a console interface. * mitmdump is the command-line version of mitmproxy. Think tcpdump for HTTP. * mitmweb is a web-based interface for mitmproxy. * pathoc and pathod are perverse HTTP client and server applications designed to let you craft almost any conceivable HTTP request, including ones that creatively violate the standards.

Development setup

  1. Install python3
  2. (Windows) Start Windows PowerShell with the "Run as Administrator" option. Only members of the Administrators group on the computer can change the execution policy.

  3. (Windows) Enable running unsigned scripts by entering: 

    set-executionpolicy remotesigned
    Enable unsigned scripts

  4. Install mitmproxy from source

(Windows) 

powershell .\dev.ps1
(Others) 
./dev.sh

The dev script will create a virtualenv environment in a directory called "venv" and install all mandatory and optional dependencies into it. The primary mitmproxy components - mitmproxy and pathod - are installed as "editable", so any changes to the source in the repository will be reflected live in the virtualenv.

The main executables for the project - mitmdump, mitmproxy, mitmweb, pathod, and pathoc - are all created within the virtualenv. After activating the virtualenv, they will be on your $PATH, and you can run them like any other command:

(Windows) 

venv\Scripts\activate
mitmdump --version
(Others) 
. venv/bin/activate
mitmdump --version

  1. Running mitmweb 

    mitmweb --set block_global=false

  2. Set a lot of parameters if needed 

    mitmweb --set block_global=false --set ignore-hosts='^(?!example\.com)(?!mitmproxy\.org)' --set showhost=true --ssl-insecure

  3. The certificate files locate at ~/.mitmproxy/. Apple/Android/Other could use .pem, Windows could use .p12 certs

  4. Set the proxy in WIFI configuration on the mobile with the IP of mitmproxy and port 8080