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diff --git a/docs/transparent.rst b/docs/transparent.rst deleted file mode 100644 index eb77c76c..00000000 --- a/docs/transparent.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -.. _transparent: - -Transparent Proxying -==================== - -When a transparent proxy is used, traffic is redirected into a proxy at the -network layer, without any client configuration being required. This makes -transparent proxying ideal for those situations where you can't change client -behaviour - proxy-oblivious Android applications being a common example. - -To set up transparent proxying, we need two new components. The first is a -redirection mechanism that transparently reroutes a TCP connection destined for -a server on the Internet to a listening proxy server. This usually takes the -form of a firewall on the same host as the proxy server - iptables_ on Linux -or pf_ on OSX. When the proxy receives a redirected connection, it sees a vanilla -HTTP request, without a host specification. This is where the second new component -comes in - a host module that allows us to query the redirector for the original -destination of the TCP connection. - -At the moment, mitmproxy supports transparent proxying on OSX Lion and above, -and all current flavors of Linux. - -.. _iptables: http://www.netfilter.org/ -.. _pf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_\(firewall\) |