Proxies

This is a collation of edited older posts on Fiddler, explaining how I usee it to bypass restrictive proxy settings for tool configuration, remove headers, change browser verbs when accessing pages.

TLDR; A collection of tips for working with HTTP Proxies. Use a proxy against localhost or from mobile by using your machine name or private ip address from ifconfig (or ipconfig). Chain proxies to use features from all tools at the same time and make request manipulation more reliable. Charles proxy can validate HTML as you test.

I use the free community edition of Burp Suite in my work.

Burp Suite is an HTTP Proxy which allows me to Observe, Interrogate and Manipulate HTTP Messages.