How to proxy HTTPS?

[TheGP]

How to proxy HTTPS?

[jancurn]

HTTPS is proxied using so-called HTTP CONNECT tunnel and the prepareRequestFunction function is called once when this tunnel opens. The problem is that web browser typically reuse HTTPS connections to the website for multiple requests, which is transparent to the proxy due to encryption, so the prepareRequestFunction is not called again. You'll need to restart the browser or force it somehow not to reuse HTTPS connections.

[jancurn]

I wrote it. The problem is the browser, it just opens one socket for multiple requests. To control the requests, you need to make the browser open new sockets for each request. There's nothing the proxy can do about it.

[TheGP]

@jancurn my apologies I re-read it and removed before you answered. How does normal HTTP proxy work then correctly? So proxy-chain should keep connections open then.

[jancurn]

Proxy just proxies sockets, but has not idea what data is running in them. That's what the web browser and the web server control.

[TheGP]

Yes thats what I want.