Mitmproxy is a free and open-source tool that allows you to intercept, modify, and inspect HTTPS traffic in real time. With mitmproxy, you can easily track and analyze HTTP/HTTPS traffic on your network.
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of mitmproxy in Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing mitmproxy, you should update your system and packages to their latest versions using the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
To install mitmproxy on your Elementary OS Latest, you will need to install some required packages. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt install python3-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev build-essential libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
There are various ways to install mitmproxy on your system. You can download the latest version from the official website or install it using pip.
You can download the latest tarball of mitmproxy from the official website using the following command:
wget https://snapshots.mitmproxy.org/4.0.4/mitmproxy-4.0.4-linux.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded tarball using the following command:
sudo tar xvfz mitmproxy-4.0.4-linux.tar.gz -C /opt/
You can also install mitmproxy using pip, which is a Python package manager. To do this, run the following command:
sudo pip3 install mitmproxy
To verify whether the installation of mitmproxy was successful, run the following command:
mitmproxy
This command will open the mitmproxy interface in your terminal. If the interface opens, it means that mitmproxy is installed on your system and ready to use.
You have successfully installed mitmproxy on your Elementary OS Latest. Now you can use mitmproxy to intercept and analyze HTTP/HTTPS traffic on your network. Enjoy!
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