Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by eddyg » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:14 AM UTC

Charles Proxy now available on iOS
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Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

#2

Post by verelo » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:34 AM UTC

This is much easier than the proxy option we used to need to go through!

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

#3

Post by joshenders » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:35 AM UTC

mitmproxy has worked on iOS and Android for years now and is OSS and easy to use

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by olliepop » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:37 AM UTC

Charles can already be used as an http/https proxy on iPhone via https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-charle...

I generally would only be needing to inspect requests when developing at my workstation, so how is this native app providing additional value beyond what the Charles Mac software already provides?

Big fan of Charles over here, I just don't understand the use case for the native app.

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Post by thisacctforreal » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

joshenders wrote: post #3

mitmproxy has worked on iOS and Android for years now and is OSS and easy to use

It seems to include SSL support as well https://jasdev.me/intercepting-ios-traffic

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by dc3k » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

olliepop wrote: post #4

Charles can already be used as an http/https proxy on iPhone via https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-charle... I generally would only be needing to inspect requests when developing at my workstation, so how is this native app providing additional value beyond what the Charles Mac software already provides? Big fan of Charles over here, I just don't understand the use case for the native app.

>I just don't understand the use case for the native app.

I can't use Charles to inspect traffic from my device at work because of network restrictions. Now I can.

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by ReverseCold » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

joshenders wrote: post #3

mitmproxy has worked on iOS and Android for years now and is OSS and easy to use

This runs on the device itself.

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 2:52 AM UTC

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Post by evan_ » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:08 AM UTC

I use the desktop product daily so I picked this up. I frequently proxy my phone through my desktop but I figured this would be fun to play with if nothing else.

I turned it on for literally one second and the first thing it captured was traffic from an app I used briefly several years ago and not since. Cool!

Re: Charles Proxy now available on iOS

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Post by eridius » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 3:09 AM UTC

olliepop wrote: post #4

Charles can already be used as an http/https proxy on iPhone via https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-charle... I generally would only be needing to inspect requests when developing at my workstation, so how is this native app providing additional value beyond what the Charles Mac software already provides? Big fan of Charles over here, I just don't understand the use case for the native app.

You can't use the Mac app to inspect any requests that go over the cellular connection.

Using the Mac app also requires being able to connect to your Mac from your iPhone (in order to use it as a proxy), which is not doable on many setups. For example, at work we use a different wifi network for mobile devices than we do for laptops.