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: Should this functionality really be in the browser itself, when there are things like [http://www.parosproxy.org/index.shtml Paros Web Proxy]? | : Should this functionality really be in the browser itself, when there are things like [http://www.parosproxy.org/index.shtml Paros Web Proxy]? | ||
: Sometimes we are required to use a different proxy (e.g. in corporate networks). Besides, when using HTTPS and gzip compression of pages, the external sniffer will not show the contents of the page. It would be better to sniff by means of the browser itself (both for outgoing requests and for incoming pages, when they are about to be encoded or have already been decoded, respectively, ''by browser''), and to be able to manage these requests in the browser and/or extensions (allow, deny, save, redirect etc.). | |||
== Security == | == Security == | ||