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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Hacking the Tonal - Proxying, Intercepting + Debugging Traffic?

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how you can intercept and debug traffic going out from your computer or other internet connected devices in your home, or your garage! Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:17 Scott’s story of wanting to intercept data Tonal 06:36 Other examples 08:38 Different types of traffic 14:52 TCP vs UDP 16:07 Why would you want to run a proxy? 24:20 Applications to use Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy Proxyman · Native, Modern Web Debugging Proxy · Inspect network traffic from Mac, iOS, Android devices with ease Intercept, debug & mock HTTP with HTTP Toolkit mitmproxy - an interactive HTTPS proxy Wireshark · Go Deep Little Snitch Capturing Modes - Fiddler Everywhere Hacksore on Twitter How I Hacked my Car :: Programming With Style Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

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0:00.0

Monday, Monday, day, open wide dev fans, get ready to stuff your face with JavaScript CSS,

0:08.2

Node modules, barbecue tips, get workflows, break dancing, soft skills, web development,

0:12.9

the hastiest, the crazyest, the tastiest, web development treats, coming in hot, here

0:18.7

is Wes Barakuda, Boss and Scott El Torro Lugo, Tolinsky.

0:26.4

Welcome to syntax in this episode, episode number 668, we're going to be talking about

0:33.8

proxying, intercepting and debugging traffic. And this could be any traffic on your network

0:41.1

really is what it comes down to. My name is Scott Tolinsky, I'm a developer from Denver,

0:46.2

with me as always, is Wes Boss. Wes, what's going on my name?

0:49.6

Yeah, I am excited to talk about this because you came to me with a really cool story.

0:55.4

I'm not going to spoil it because we'll go over it in just a second, but I too have tried to

1:01.8

intercept traffic that comes from hardware, software, applications, desktop apps,

1:09.4

being able to intercept requests and peer into what data is being sent.

1:16.8

So what we're going to do today is go through why you might want to do it, both as a developer,

1:24.1

as well as a hacker, not like a nefarious hacker, but someone who likes to poke at this mind.

1:31.6

Yeah, curious mind, exactly, gray areas, as well as different applications you can use to

1:38.6

sort of peer into it. Because if you've ever had a piece of software or hardware,

1:43.6

and you hear people, oh, they're sending your traffic to x, y, and z, you literally can check.

1:50.1

And we'll go through that and how to do that today.

1:54.6

Yeah. And speaking of debugging, this podcast is brought to you by century at century.io.

2:03.8

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2:11.0

So yeah, let's talk all about all of the stuff. Do you want me to start with my story or do you

2:17.8

want to start with the web proxies thing? No, start with your story because they think that

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