TLDR? – Get the newest Fiddler here. It’s been just over two months since the last significant release, and Fiddler 4.6.2.0 (and v2.6.2.0) are now available. As always, the latest build includes a slew of bugfixes and minor tweaks, as well as a number of features described in this post. Default Certificate Generator Changed ChangesContinue reading “What’s New in Fiddler 4.6.2”
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Segue
My last day at Telerik is December 31st, 2015. More soon… Here’s a copy of my “Last day” blog post for posterity. Fiddler—A Segue by Eric Lawrence December 22, 2015 Productivity, Debugging11 Comments In September 2012, Telerik completed the acquisition of the Fiddler Web Debugger, and I announced that I would join Telerik to upgrade my side project to my full-time job.Continue reading “Segue”
Understanding CONNECT Tunnels
When a browser needs to send a HTTPS request through a proxy (like Fiddler), there’s a bit of a problem. The proxy needs to know where to send the client’s request, but the whole point of protecting traffic with HTTPS is that the content is encrypted and cannot be read by anyone else on theContinue reading “Understanding CONNECT Tunnels”
Reset Fiddler’s HTTPS certificates
I’ve made changes to the latest versions of Fiddler to improve the performance of certificate creation, and to avoid problems with new certificate validation logic coming to Chrome and Firefox. The biggest of the Fiddler changes is that CertEnroll is now the default certificate generator on Windows 7 and later. Unfortunately, this change can causeContinue reading “Reset Fiddler’s HTTPS certificates”
What’s New in Fiddler 4.6.0.7
TLDR? – Get the newest Fiddler here. We’re performing a staged rollout of this build; it won’t be on autoupdate until next week. Under the Hood As mentioned in our notes about the Fiddler 4.6 release, we’ve started taking a very close look at Fiddler’s performance. Fiddler’s use of the CPU, system memory, and theContinue reading “What’s New in Fiddler 4.6.0.7”