Getting URL of website using sniffer

TokerJoker
7 years ago

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Hey everyone :)
This is my first post here.
I am currently working on a project, and I am supposed to get the URL of a website I am browsing using a sniffer (such as wireshark).
So, what I have done is look at the HTTP packets in wireshark, and there the url is displayed and accessable. The problem is
websites that use HTTPS (Secure), and not just HTTP- because the data in the packets is encrypted, I am unable to find the URL (there are no http packets to look at).
I eventually am supposed to write a python script for doing this-meaning that when a user browses different websites, the script will create a txt document with a list of all the websites the user browsed.
I have been trying to figure this out for days, but haven’t managed to do so :\
I would really really appreciate some help :)
Thank you in advance

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theMunchBox
7 years ago | edited 7 years ago

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[list=1]
[]Why use a sniffer?
[
]Why make such a program w/ python?
[*]Why?[/list]

dloser
7 years ago

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It’s kinda the idea of HTTPS that you cannot access such stuff. ;)

There is some other information around that allows you to infer the visited websites, however.

TokerJoker
7 years ago

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It doesn’t necassirly have to be with python, and it doesn’t have to involve a sniffer- if you have another idea of doing this, I would be more than happy to do it your way :D
It’s just that I tried to use tools I am familiar with, but again, I would be happy to hear different suggestions

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