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diff --git a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html deleted file mode 100644 index af5a5c53..00000000 --- a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ - -In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy accepts standard HTTP requests and forwards -them to the specified upstream server. This is in contrast to -<a href="@!urlTo("upstreamproxy.html")!@">upstream proxy mode</a>, in which -mitmproxy forwards HTTP proxy requests to an upstream proxy server. - -<table class="table"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-R <i>scheme</i>://hostname[:port]</td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -Here, **scheme** signifies if the proxy should use TLS to connect to the server. -mitmproxy accepts both encrypted and unencrypted requests and transforms them to what the server -expects. - - mitmdump -R https://httpbin.org -p 80 - mitmdump -R https://httpbin.org -p 443 - - -### Host Header - -In reverse proxy mode, mitmproxy does not rewrite the host header. While often useful, this -may lead to issues with public web servers. For example, consider the following scenario: - - $ python mitmdump -d -R http://example.com/ & - $ curl http://localhost:8080/ - - >> GET https://example.com/ - Host: localhost:8080 - User-Agent: curl/7.35.0 - [...] - - << 404 Not Found 345B - -Since the Host header doesn't match <samp>example.com</samp>, an error is returned.<br> -There are two ways to solve this: -<ol> - <li>Modify the hosts file of your OS so that example.com resolves to 127.0.0.1.</li> - <li> - Instruct mitmproxy to rewrite the host header by passing <kbd>‑‑setheader :~q:Host:example.com</kbd>. - However, keep in mind that absolute URLs within the returned document or HTTP redirects will cause the client application - to bypass the proxy. - </li> -</ol>
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