OTS or On-The-Side is a system-wide transparent proxy that allows users to intercept and modify traffic on the fly. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to properly install OTS on your EndeavourOS Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following:
First, let's install the necessary build tools to compile and install the OTS packages.
sudo pacman -S base-devel cmake
Next, we need to install the following dependencies before we can build and install OTS:
sudo pacman -S qt5-base qt5-tools qt5-svg qt5-x11extras openssl
Let's start by creating a directory where we will download and compile OTS:
mkdir ots && cd ots
Next, download OTS from their official website:
wget https://github.com/seemoo-lab/ots/releases/download/v1.0/ots-1.0.tar.xz
Unpack the downloaded archive:
tar -xvf ots-1.0.tar.xz
cd ots-1.0
Now, we can build OTS:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make
Once the OTS package has been compiled, we can proceed to install it:
sudo make install
We need to set the OTS proxy as the default proxy for our system. This can be done by adding the following lines to your shell profile file:
export HTTP_PROXY=localhost:8080
export HTTPS_PROXY=localhost:8080
We're almost done! Let's start the OTS proxy:
sudo otsd
That's it! You're now ready to intercept and modify traffic with OTS. Try it out by visiting a website in your favorite web browser.
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to properly install and configure OTS on your EndeavourOS Latest. OTS is a powerful tool that can be used for debugging, testing, and development purposes. However, it's important to use it responsibly and with the utmost care to avoid any unintended consequences.
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