How to use mitmproxy

One 、 What is? mitmproxy

mitmproxy It is used for MITM Of proxy,MITM That is man in the middle attack （Man-in-the-middle attack）. The agent used for man in the middle attack first forwards the request like a normal agent , Ensure the communication between the server and the client , secondly , Will check in time 、 Record the data it intercepted , Or tamper with data , Trigger server-side or client-side specific behavior .

differ fiddler or wireshark Wait for bag grabbing tools ,mitmproxy Not only can you intercept requests to help developers view them 、 analysis , It can also be used for secondary development through custom scripts . for instance , utilize fiddler You can filter out the browser's response to a specific url Request , And look at 、 Analyze the data , But it can't meet the demand of high customization , Be similar to ：“ Intercepts the browser to this url Request , Leave the returned content blank , And save the real returned content to a database , Send email notification when exception occurs ”. And for mitmproxy, Such requirements can be customized by loading python Script easy to implement .

Two 、 install

○  If you just want to grab the bag , Check information, etc , There is no need to prepare python Environmental Science 
○  If script development is required , For example, tampering with data , Then you need to install the configuration python3 Environment 

Check information , Its installation ！
Verify that the installation was successful ？mitmdump --version