- Charles 4 0 – Java Http Proxy And Monitor Setup
- Charles 4 0 – Java Http Proxy And Monitoring
- Charles 4 0 – Java Http Proxy And Monitors
Recent Developments
Charles is an HTTP proxy/HTTP monitor/Reverse Proxy that makes debugging quick, reliable and advanced; saving you time and frustration. It enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. Charles is intended to be a dive-in piece of software. Start it up, it will attempt to automatically configure your browser so you’re up and running immediately. Start browsing the web and watch the results appear in Charles; click on them and take a look at what is recorded. To continue reading please see the list of sections to the left. If you are using network security devices like IDS/IPS or NGFW in your network and you are using Zabbix proxies, please make sure your application definitions are up to date for the new Zabbix proxy protocol prior to upgrading to 4.0.x as there have been reports on these devices dropping the traffic when encountering the compression in the network stream.
For discussion on the latest changes to Charles, please see Karl’s blog.
Charles 4.5.6 released with minor bug fixes and patched security vulnerability. Read more.
Charles 4.5.5 released including bug fixes for SSL certificate imports. Read more.
Charles 4.5.2 released including new features, bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles 4.2.8 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4.2.7 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles Security Bulletin for a local privilege escalation in Charles 4.2 and 3.12.1 and earlier. Read more.
Charles 4.2.5 released with major bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
Charles for iOS released. Read more.
Charles 4.2.1 released with important bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4.2 released with major new TLS debugging capability, minor improvements and bug fixes including macOS High Sierra support. Read more.
Charles 4.1.4 released with minor improvements and bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4.1.3 released including Brotli compression support and other minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles 4.1.2 released with bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
Charles 4.1.1 released with bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4.1 released including major new features and bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4.0.2 released including bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
Charles 4.0.1 released including bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.11.6 released with support for macOS Sierra and minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 4 released featuring HTTP 2, IPv6 and improved look and feel. Read more.
Charles 3.11.5 released including minor bug fixes; especially fixes SSL certificate installation on Android. Read more.
Charles 3.11.4 released with support for ATS on iOS 9 and crash fixes for older versions of Mac OS X. Read more.
Charles v3.11.3 released including bug fixes and minor improvements. Read more.
Charles v3.11.2 released with SSL and Websockets improvements. Read more.
Charles 3.11 released including major new features. Read more.
Charles 3.10.2 released with bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles 3.10.1 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.10 released with improved SSL (new SSL CA certificate install required), major new features and improvements. Read more.
Charles v3.9.3 released with improvements to SSL support, Mac OS X Yosemite support and other minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles v3.9.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.9.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles 3.9 released with major new features and bug fixes, including the ability to 'focus' on hosts so they are separated from the noise. Read more.
Charles 3.8.3 released with support for Mac OS X Mavericks and minor bug fixes. Happy Mavericks Day. Read more.
Charles 3.8.2 released with minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.8.1 released with minor bug fixes and improvements. Read more.
Charles 3.8 has been released with new features and bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.7 has been released. Includes new features, bundled Java runtime (so you don’t need to install Java anymore), and bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.7 beta 2 has been released. This changes the SSL signing for Charles on Mac OS X to use Apple's new Developer ID code-signing. Read more.
Charles v3.6.5 released including bug fixes and minor changes. Read more.
Charles v3.6.4 released including major bug fixes and enhancements. Read more.
Charles v3.6.3 released including minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles v3.6.1 released including minor enhancements and bug fixes. Read more.
Charles v3.6 released including new features, enhancements and bug fixes. New features include HAR and SAZ file import. Read more.
Charles v3.5.2 released including bug fixes and minor new features. Read more.
Charles 3.5.1 released. Minor bug fixes. Read more.
Charles 3.5 released. Major new features, bug fixes and enhancements.
Charles 3.4.1 released. Minor features and bug fixes.
Charles 3.4 released. Major changes especially to SSL.
New website launched. Follow @charlesproxy on Twitter. Say hi in San Francisco when I'm there for WWDC!
Charles 3.3.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes. Experimental 64 bit Windows support. Read more.
Charles 3.3 released. Major new features. Download
Charles Autoconfiguration add-on for Mozilla Firefox adds support for Firefox 3.1
Charles 3.2.3 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
Charles 3.2.2 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
Charles 3.2.1 released. Minor new features and bug fixes.
Charles 3.2 released. Major new features. Release Notes
Charles 3.2 public beta released. Download and more information on my blog.
Charles 3.1.4 released. Bug fixes and minor new features.
Charles Mozilla Firefox add-on updated for compatibility with Firefox 3.0.
![Charles Charles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrmFa5Q7WUA/maxresdefault.jpg)
Charles 3.1.3 released. Minor bug fixes, minor new features.
- Chart tab now includes charts for sizes, durations and types
- Request & Response can now be displayed combined on one split-panel
- SSL handshake and certificate errors are now displayed in the tree
Charles 3.1.2 released. Minor bug fixes.
Charles 3.1.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
Charles 3.1 released.
Charles 3.0.4 released. Fixes SSL bug on Java 1.4.
Charles 3.0.3 re-released. Fixes launch bug on computers that haven't used Charles before.
![Java Java](https://static.macupdate.com/screenshots/240808/m/charles-screenshot.png?v=1579097743)
Charles 3.0.3 released. Various improvements and minor bug fixes.
Charles 3.0.2 released. Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Charles 3.0.1 released. Minor bug fixes.
Charles 3.0 released. Major new features and improvements
Charles 3.0 public beta released.
Charles v2.6.4 release. Minor bug fixes:
- IBM JDK compatibility
- Improved malformed Referer header support
Charles v2.6.3 release. Minor bug fixes:
- Fixed Port Forwarding fault introduced in v2.6.2
Charles v2.6.2 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
- No more recording limits. Large responses are now saved to temporary files, reducing memory usage.
- MTU support in the throttle settings
- AMF3 / Flex 2 bug fixes
Charles v2.6.1 release. Minor bug fixes and improvements:
- SOAP information visible while response is still loading
- AMF3 externalizable object parsing regression fixed
- AMF view for AMF3/Flex messages simplified to hide Flex implementation details
Charles v2.6 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
- Major UI overhaul
- JSON and JSON-RPC support
- SOAP support
Charles v2.5 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
- Major UI improvements
- Support for new filetypes including FLV
- Major improvements to AMF / Flash remoting viewer
- Thank you to everyone who made suggestions and participated in the long testing process.
Charles v2.4.2 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
- Support for request body compression (used by web services)
- Fix for parsing of AMFPHP responses
- Improvements to AMF viewer
Charles v2.4.1 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
- Firefox extension improved
- AMF 0 and AMF 3 parsing improved
- Look and Feel changes to give a greater (and more consistent) range of font sizes in the Charles look and feel
- SSL error reporting improved when a connection cannot be made to a remote host
- Port Forwarding tool and Reverse Proxy tool re-bind exception fixed
Charles v2.4 release. Major new features, improvements and bug fixes including:
- AMF 3 support
- SSL support for IBM JDK (thanks to Lance Bader for helping solve this)
- Automatic Update Checking
- Documentation wiki open to public
Charles v2.3 release. Major improvements and bug fixes including:
- Proxy implementation improvements including better handling of keep-alive connections
- SOCKS proxy added, so any SOCKSified application can now run through Charles
- External proxies configuration improvements including authentication
- Flash Remoting / AMF viewer improvements
- Dynamic proxy port support, for multiuser systems
Charles v2.2.1 release. Minor improvements and bug fixes including:
- Further improved Firefox proxy configuration
- Port Forwarding enhancements including port ranges and UDP forwarding
- Bug fixes for Reverse Proxy and AMF viewer
Charles v2.2 released. Major enhancements and bug fixes including:
- Improved Firefox proxy configuration
- XML viewer improvements
- Line numbers displayed in ASCII viewer
Charles v2.1 released. Major new features and enhancements including:
- Automatic Firefox proxy configuration
- Formatted form posts and query string information
- Parsing of SWF and AMF (Flash Remoting) binary formats
Charles v2.0 released. Major enhancements and improvements.
Installing the PKCS #11 Module
Proxy Server supports Public Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) #11, which defines theinterface used for communication between SSL and PKCS #11 modules. PKCS #11modules are used for standards-based connectivity to SSL hardware accelerators.Imported certificates and keys for external hardware accelerators are stored in the secmod.db file, which is generated when the PKCS #11 module is installed.The file is located in the server-root/alias directory.
Using the Tool modutil to InstallPKCS #11 Modules
You can install PKCS #11 modules in the form of .jar filesor object files using the modutil tool.
To Install PKCS #11 modules using the Tool modutil
- Make sure that all servers, including the Administration Server,have been stopped.
- Go to the server-root/alias directorycontaining the databases.
- Add server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin toyour PATH.
- Locate modutil in server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin.
- Set the environment.
- On UNIX: setenvLD_LIBRARY_PATHserver-root/bin/proxy/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
- On Windows, add it to the PATHLD_LIBRARY_PATHserver-root/bin/proxy/binYou can find the PATH for your computer listed underserver-root/proxy-admserv/start.
- In a terminal window, type modutil. Prefedit 4 3 13.Theoptions will be listed.
- Perform the actions required.For example, to addthe PKCS #11 module in UNIX, enter:modutil -add (name of PKCS#11 file) -libfile (yourlibfile for PKCS #11) -nocertdb-dbdir. (your db directory)
Exporting with the tool pk12util
Using pk12util enabless you to export certificatesand keys from your internal database and import them into an internal or externalPKCS #11 module. You can always export certificates and keys to your internaldatabase, but most external tokens will not allow you to export certificatesand keys. By default, pk12util uses certificate and keydatabases named cert8.db and key3.db.
To Export a Certificate and Key From an Internal Database
- Go to the server-root/alias directorycontaining the databases.
- Add server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin toyour PATH.
- Locate pk12util in server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin.
- Set the environment.
- On UNIX:setenvLD_LIBRARY_PATH/server-root/bin/proxy/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
- On Windows, add it to the PATHLD_LIBRARY_PATHserver-root/bin/proxy/binYou can find the PATH for your computer listed under: server-root/proxy-admserv/start.
- In a terminal window, type pk12util.The options will be listed.
- Perform the actions required.For example, in UNIXtypepk12util -o certpk12 -n Server-Cert [-d /server/alias][-P https-test-host]
- Type the database password.
- Type the pkcs12 password.
To Import a Certificate and Key Into an Internal orExternal PKCS #11 Module
- Go to the server-root/alias directorycontaining the databases.
- Add server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin toyour PATH.
- Locate pk12util in server-root/bin/proxy/admin/bin.
- Set the environment.For example:
- On UNIX:setenvLD_LIBRARY_PATH/server-root/bin/proxy/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
- On Windows, add to the PATHLD_LIBRARY_PATHserver-root/bin/proxy/binYou can find the PATH for your computer listed under server-root/proxy-admserv/start.
- In a terminal window, type pk12util.The options will be listed.
- Perform the actions required.For example, in UNIXenter:pk12util -i pk12_sunspot [-d certdir][-h “nCipher”][-Phttps-jones.redplanet.com-jones-]-P mustfollow -h and must be the last argument.Typethe exact token name including capital letters and spaces between quotationmarks.
- Type the database password.
- Type the pkcs12 password.
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Starting the Server With an External Certificate
If you install a certificate for your server into an external PKCS #11module, for example, a hardware accelerator, the server will not be able tostart using that certificate until you edit the server.xml fileor specify the certificate name as described below.
The server always tries to start with the certificate named Server-Cert.However, certificates in external PKCS #11 modules include one of the module’stoken names in their identifier. For example, a server certificate installedon an external smartcard reader called smartcard0 wouldbe named smartcard0:Server-Cert.
To start a server with a certificate installed in an external module,you must specify the certificate name for the listen socket on which it runs.
To Select the Certificate Name for a Listen Socket
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If security is not enabled on the listen socket, certificate informationwill not be listed. To select a certificate name for a listen socket, youmust first ensure that security is enabled on the listen socket. For moreinformation, see Enabling Security for Listen Sockets.
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- Access either the Administration Server or the Server Managerand click the Preferences tab.
- Click the Edit Listen Sockets link.
- Click the link for the listen socket that you want to associatewith a certificate.
- Select a server certificate from the Server Certificate Name drop-downlist for the listen socket and click OK.The list contains allinternal and external certificates installed.You could also requirethe server to start with that server certificate instead, by manually editingthe server.xml file. Change the servercertnickname attribute in the SSLPARAMS to:$TOKENNAME:Server-CertTo find what valueto use for $TOKENNAME, go to the server’s Securitytab and select the Manage Certificates link. When you log in to the externalmodule where Server-Cert is stored, its certificates are displayed in thelist in the $TOKENNAME:$NICKNAME form.If youdid not create a trust database,one will be created for you when you request or install a certificate foran external PKCS #11 module. The default database created has no passwordand cannot be accessed. Your external module will work, but you will not beable to request and install server certificates. If a default database hasbeen created without a password, use the Create Database page on the Securitytab to set the password.