Last week, I mentioned that the new beta version of Proxomitron, a local Web proxy, supports SSL. Let's look at how this works. Normally, Proxomitron works only with unencrypted traffic. It listens (by default) on port 8080. To relay traffic through . . .
Last week, I mentioned that the new beta version of Proxomitron, a local Web proxy, supports SSL. Let's look at how this works. Normally, Proxomitron works only with unencrypted traffic. It listens (by default) on port 8080. To relay traffic through it, set your browser's HTTP proxy to localhost:8080. In Netscape, that's Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Proxies->Manual Configuration->View->HTTP. In MSIE, it's Tools->Internet Options->Connections->LAN Settings->Proxy Server->Use a Proxy Server.

Now you can watch the conversation between your browser and a Web server in Proxomitron's log window. Here's the browser on my Windows machine talking to the server on my Linux machine, as seen in the log window:

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