[wplug] I need to "wiretap" an HTTPS connection - how?

[Chris Thomas]

Do you have access to the server's SSL private keys? If so, you can install
them into Wireshark and decrypt the encrypted traffic.

-Chris

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:

> So, long story short...
>
> I have an application making an HTTPS connection to a URL (for the purpose
> of POSTing a SOAP request, though that's probably not relevant per se...).
> Before successfully completing the HTTPS request, the remote side is
> dropping the connection on me.  I have no idea why.  I'd like to be able to
> see what is actually being sent/received on  the connection - though that
> is tough, since it is encrypted...
>
> I have the ability to change the host and URL that is being used, and to
> make the application use HTTP instead of HTTPS.  What I have in mind, is to
> try to put some kind of proxy between the app and the remote server, so
> that the app connects to the proxy using HTTP, and have the proxy connect
> on it's behalf to the remote server using HTTPS.  Then I can sniff the
> traffic on the unencrypted HTTP connection and get a better idea what is
> going on.
>
> Can anyone suggest a simple proxy I could use for this?
>
> --Pat.
>
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