Can I somehow transparently forward whole traffic from a given process to mitmproxy?
Yes, you can transparently forward traffic from a specific process to mitmproxy
using a combination of Linux network namespace isolation and iptables
. Here’s a general approach:
Create a network namespace: This isolates the process's network activity.
sudo ip netns add ns1
Create a virtual network interface pair (veth pair), connecting the default namespace to the new namespace:
sudo ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1
sudo ip link set veth1 netns ns1
Configure the network interfaces:
sudo ip addr add 192.168.1.1/24 dev veth0
sudo ip link set veth0 up
sudo ip netns exec ns1 ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 dev veth1
sudo ip netns exec ns1 ip link set veth1 up
sudo ip netns exec ns1 ip route add default via 192.168.1.1
Enable IP forwarding and set up iptables
to redirect the traffic from the new namespace to mitmproxy
:
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/24 -o <your-main-interface> -j MASQUERADE sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -s 192.168.1.2 -j REDIRECT --to-port <mitmproxy-port>
Start mitmproxy
on your host, listening on the specified port:
mitmproxy --mode transparent --listen-host 0.0.0.0 --listen-port <mitmproxy-port>
Run the process in the isolated namespace:
sudo ip netns exec ns1 <command-to-start-your-process>
This setup isolates the process in a separate network namespace and redirects its network traffic through mitmproxy
for monitoring or manipulation. Make sure to replace placeholders like <your-main-interface>
and <mitmproxy-port>
with actual values relevant to your setup.