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Find open port for MITM server / doesn't start a new server for every request #1

Open 23tux opened 11 years ago

23tux commented 11 years ago

For every HTTPS request, a new MITM server is started. This is because the certificate needs to set the host (see vcr_proxy.rb:32) for every request, because they could be different. And because of that, for every request a free port is needed.

How could this be improved? First it's slow, and second when more and more requests are made, the port numbers could run out.

mislav commented 11 years ago

You should generate a CA certificate for your proxy server which a person can then add to the list of trusted certs on their system, e.g. OS X users can add it to their Keychain and set to trust all the time for SSL.

A la http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/using-charles/ssl-certificates/

23tux commented 11 years ago

thx, I'll have a look at this. sorry for the late response!