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Re: Gather POST request on HTTPS traffic?

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On 17/11/20 12:14 pm, roee klinger wrote:
Hello everyone,

I work at a digital agency that has quite a few machines that are managing some Instagram accounts, they are all running in the same LAN and we are using Squid as a proxy to log and analyze some usage statistics and to make sure the machines are only used for Instagram.

We had an idea to use Squid to capture the POST data of users on the proxy level, for example, likes, follows, comments, etc so we can log and analyze everything in a convenient central way, so we can analyze it and even send out clients a monthly report of all the actions their accounts made (who they followed, what they liked, etc).

I can easily see the requests that I want to capture inside the "network" tab in Chrome but the problem is that Instagram uses HTTPS, so I can't seem to be able to capture this data.


Is there any way for me to log this data via Squid using the POST data or any other way?


Access to HTTPS transactions for a domain you do not own requires the SSL-Bump feature to decrypt ("bump") the TLS layer.
 see <https://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/SslPeekAndSplice>.

You could use cache.log with "debug_options ALL,1 11,2" configured to log the transactions. However an ICAP service or eCAP module that does both the record and analyze for you is probably better.



Note: We are aware of the legal issues, all machines connected to the network are company property, and all the accounts are client accounts that allow us to gather statistics. No personal account data will be gathered.


Please be aware:
  That statement conflicts with the stated purpose(s) of your plan.

Personal data *will* be part of the messages you are decrypting and recording for analysis. Further, to perform targeted reports such as described you must also associate the data with accounts somehow.


Amos
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