Fred Lackey
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Fred Lackey
asked on 04 Aug 2014, 05:40 PM
Note: I have only ever used Fiddler on a desktop machine for debugging local HTTP / HTTPS calls.
One of my developers has been tasked with building a tunneling proxy / gateway to use on our guest network for the purposes of controlling outbound traffic (filtering on source / destination IP address, port number, etc.). He insists that he is able to build on top of FiddlerCore and that FiddlerCore will handle all of the threading and events... basically acting as the engine of this proxy server.
Is this possible? Can FiddlerCore be used in this way? Do any sample projects exist to demonstrate this type of usage?
One of my developers has been tasked with building a tunneling proxy / gateway to use on our guest network for the purposes of controlling outbound traffic (filtering on source / destination IP address, port number, etc.). He insists that he is able to build on top of FiddlerCore and that FiddlerCore will handle all of the threading and events... basically acting as the engine of this proxy server.
Is this possible? Can FiddlerCore be used in this way? Do any sample projects exist to demonstrate this type of usage?
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Fred Lackey
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answered on 04 Aug 2014, 05:44 PM
Important note: All protocols must be supported... SMTP, FTP, RPC, custom protocols, etc. This server would be sitting on our Guest network and we will have no knowledge of what applications our guests will use.
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Hi, Fred--
As explained in response to your question on StackOverflow, no, this wouldn't really work. FiddlerCore is a proxy, and it works with HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.
You're really asking for a firewall, not a proxy. Doing this sort of filtering for multiple users with high-performance typically happens at a hardware level on a router/gateway.
If you're running on a single client, you'd typically implement a Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) provider.
Regards,
Eric Lawrence
Telerik
As explained in response to your question on StackOverflow, no, this wouldn't really work. FiddlerCore is a proxy, and it works with HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.
You're really asking for a firewall, not a proxy. Doing this sort of filtering for multiple users with high-performance typically happens at a hardware level on a router/gateway.
If you're running on a single client, you'd typically implement a Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) provider.
Regards,
Eric Lawrence
Telerik
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