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diff --git a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html index 5ef4efc5..af5a5c53 100644 --- a/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html +++ b/doc-src/features/reverseproxy.html @@ -7,22 +7,17 @@ mitmproxy forwards HTTP proxy requests to an upstream proxy server. <table class="table"> <tbody> <tr> - <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-R <i>schema</i>://hostname[:port]</td> + <th width="20%">command-line</th> <td>-R <i>scheme</i>://hostname[:port]</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> -Here, **schema** is one of http, https, http2https or https2http. The latter -two extended schema specifications control the use of HTTP and HTTPS on -mitmproxy and the upstream server. You can indicate that mitmproxy should use -HTTP, and the upstream server uses HTTPS like this: +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. - http2https://hostname:port - -And you can indicate that mitmproxy should use HTTPS while the upstream -service uses HTTP like this: - - https2http://hostname:port + mitmdump -R https://httpbin.org -p 80 + mitmdump -R https://httpbin.org -p 443 ### Host Header diff --git a/doc-src/modes.html b/doc-src/modes.html index b5a38696..a878fd82 100644 --- a/doc-src/modes.html +++ b/doc-src/modes.html @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ this: <h1>Reverse Proxy</h1> </div> -Mitmproxy is usually used with a client that uses the proxy to access the +mitmproxy is usually used with a client that uses the proxy to access the Internet. Using reverse proxy mode, you can use mitmproxy to act like a normal HTTP server: @@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ requests recorded in mitmproxy. - Say you have some toy project that should get SSL support. Simply set up mitmproxy with SSL termination and you're done (<code>mitmdump -p 443 -R -https2http://localhost:80/</code>). There are better tools for this specific +http://localhost:80/</code>). There are better tools for this specific task, but mitmproxy is very quick and simple way to set up an SSL-speaking server. - Want to add a non-SSL-capable compression proxy in front of your server? You -could even spawn a mitmproxy instance that terminates SSL (https2http://...), +could even spawn a mitmproxy instance that terminates SSL (-R http://...), point it to the compression proxy and let the compression proxy point to a -SSL-initiating mitmproxy (http2https://...), which then points to the real +SSL-initiating mitmproxy (-R https://...), which then points to the real server. As you see, it's a fairly flexible thing. Note that mitmproxy supports either an HTTP or an HTTPS upstream server, not |