http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/ 2008-04-09T17:35:41+01:00 http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/ http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-04-09T17:34:41+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@202.89.132.17) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/ssl_certificates?do=diff&1207719281 Charles generates its own certificates for sites, which it signs using the Charles CA Certificate. You will see a warning in your browser, or other application, when it receives that certificate because the Charles CA Certificate is not in your list... text/html 2007-10-08T08:54:33+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@202.89.132.17) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/reverse_proxy?do=diff&1191786873 A reverse proxy is like a virtual HTTP server that forwards all requests to a given web server. The reverse proxy feature of Charles is useful if you have an application that cannot be easily configured to use a proxy server, and you want to view i... text/html 2007-09-17T23:14:36+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.42.142) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/application_proxy_settings?do=diff&1190027676 You can also configure other applications to use Charles as their HTTP or SOCKS proxy. This enables you to debug their activity through Charles as well. You may find that a lot of applications respect your system proxy settings, which are autoconfi... text/html 2007-08-19T12:25:54+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/http_vs_socks_proxy?do=diff&1187483154 Charles has traditionally (pre version 3.1) primarily acted as an HTTP proxy, with SOCKS proxy functionality available as well. However there are some performance issues that occur when using an HTTP proxy that result in the browser’s behaviou... text/html 2007-08-19T12:24:21+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/socks_transparent_proxying?do=diff&1187483061 SOCKS transparent proxying was introduced in Charles 3.1. Read more about the reasons for using SOCKS transparent proxying in HTTP vs SOCKS proxy. Configuration Open the Proxy Settings in the Proxy menu. The easiest way to enable the SOCKS config... text/html 2007-08-19T12:13:25+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/socks_proxy?do=diff&1187482405 A SOCKS proxy is an alternative to an HTTP proxy. SOCKS is multi-protocol in that it can support proxying any TCP/IP traffic, not just HTTP. Some organisations will use SOCKS proxies to enable non-HTTP applications to bypass a firewall; often an HTT... text/html 2007-08-19T12:06:20+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/using_charles?do=diff&1187481980 Charles is intended to be a dive-in piece of software. Start it up, it will attempt to automatically configure your browser so you’re up and running immediately. Start browsing the web and watch the results appear in Charles; click on them and... text/html 2007-08-19T11:27:18+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/request_viewer?do=diff&1187479638 The Request Viewer is where you can view the details of any recorded request or response. When you click on a request in either the structure view or sequence view, the information for it is loaded in the viewer. The viewer is divided into several... text/html 2007-08-19T11:26:27+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/request_response?do=diff&1187479587 A request and its response is the basic element recorded in Charles. HTTP/HTTPS consists of request-response pairs: the request from your computer to the server and the response from the server. For generic sockets the request-response consists of... text/html 2007-08-19T11:24:55+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/request_response_viewer?do=diff&1187479495 The Request / Response Viewer is the most important part of Charles; it is where you can view the details of any recorded request or response. When you click on a request/response in either the structure view or sequence view, the information for i... text/html 2007-08-19T11:23:32+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/recording?do=diff&1187479412 Recording is the primary function of Charles. Requests and responses are recorded to the current Session for you to later inspect and analyse. The requests recorded depend upon the configuration of Charles. Usually this would include all HTTP and H... text/html 2007-08-19T11:19:52+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/session?do=diff&1187479192 Your Session contains all of your recorded information. It is represented by the Session window; by default a new session is automatically created when you start Charles (Untitled Session 1). You will possibly only ever need a single session when y... text/html 2007-08-19T11:05:41+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/browser_proxy_settings?do=diff&1187478341 In order for any browser (or any application) to use Charles it must be configured to use Charles as its proxy server. Most browsers will have a way to configure this manually, but configuring manually is annoying because you have to configure and r... text/html 2007-08-19T11:04:31+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/firefox_extension?do=diff&1187478271 Mozilla Firefox proxy settings are configured automatically using the Charles Autoconfiguration Add-on. The add-on is available for download from the Charles Download page. The Charles Autoconfiguration Add-on adds a Charles option in the Tools men... text/html 2007-08-19T10:59:32+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/windows_proxy_settings?do=diff&1187477972 Charles can automatically configure the Windows proxy settings so that Internet Explorer and other Windows applications automatically start using Charles. By default Charles will configure and then reconfigure the Windows proxy settings whenever Cha... text/html 2007-08-19T10:59:16+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/mac_os_x_proxy_settings?do=diff&1187477956 Charles can automatically configure the Mac OS X system proxy settings so that Safari and other Mac OS X applications automatically start using Charles. When you first install Charles you will be prompted to grant permissions to Charles to autoconf... text/html 2007-08-19T10:56:15+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/start?do=diff&1187477775 Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and headers. This documentation will introduce you to Charles... text/html 2007-08-19T10:53:51+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/installation?do=diff&1187477631 The first thing to do is to download Charles. If you use Firefox, download and install the Firefox Extension from the same download page above. Installation is easy. On Windows, run the setup application to install Charles in your Programs menu; ... text/html 2007-08-19T10:42:06+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/getting_started?do=diff&1187476926 The best way to learn how to use Charles and to learn how it can help you is just to install it and see how it works. If you haven’t already please read the installation guide. Start Using Charles Start Charles by running the application f... text/html 2007-08-19T10:32:17+01:00 Karl von Randow (karl@125.238.43.112) http://www.xk72.com/charles/wiki/introduction?do=diff&1187476337 Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles rather than via its normal route. Charles is then able ...