When in need for a software which could redirect HTTP requests meant for one server to another server during a infrastucture switch (comparable of using your production domain with your test environment), I downloaded the entire internet but found zero solutions.
The only option which I could think of is an HTTP proxy (which one can set in portable Browsers also within corporate environments) which would to the redirection based on a ruleset.
Et voila - maybe someone finds this helpful.
PortableDnsProxy supports chunked HTTP requests as well as TLS. For connecting via TLS, self signed intermediate certificates are being created and cached on the fly. So when connecting to an HTTPS server, you will probably need to accept the "unsafe certificate" within your browser on the first visit.
You can clear the TLS certificate cache within the configuration screen, but then all nasty certificate warnings will reappear.
This is the port on which Portable DNS Proxy will listen to your requests and serve them well. Typically, you can leave this value untouched. If you need to change it, set it to a valid port number between 1 and 65535. It is not recommended to set it to port numbers below or equal to 1024, as they are reserved for special purposes and this action needs elevated priviledges (admin rights) on many systems.
Here you can specify your (coorporate) proxy server if Portable DNS Proxy needs that to communicate to the Internet.
Please specify one or more hosts which DNS entries you would like to see tampered with.
You can independently from each other define
- a host/IP to which requests will be redirected to instead of the original host based on your systems DNS settings
- a new hostname which will replace the original hostname within your HTTP request headers.
If you leave a field blank, that action is not being performed (no redirection and/or no rewriting).
An instruction with screenshots for setting up the proxy can be found here.
An extension for easily skipping the self signed certificate warnings (Do this in a save environment only!) can be found here.
Chrome, based on it's Chromium foundation offers several command line switches. Interesting switches are:
| Condition | Explanation |
|---|---|
| --proxy-server | Uses a specified proxy server, overrides system settings. This switch only affects HTTP and HTTPS requests. |
| --ignore-certificate-errors | Ignores certificate-related errors (Do this in a save environment only!). |
So, you could start Chrome with a shortcut that has the following address:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --proxy-server="http://127.0.0.1:8042" --ignore-certificate-errors
Install one of the above.
- Benton Stark for his excellent .Net.Proxy lib (http://www.starksoft.com/)
- The folks from Fat Cow hosting for their awesome icon library (http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons)
- The free-icons.com team for the application icon (http://free-icons.com)
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