[MoBP] Invisible proxying
Summary: PortSwigger's Burp Suite now supports invisible proxying, which lets the proxy accept non-proxy-style requests that carry only a path and Host header instead of a full URL. In this mode Burp uses the Host header to pick the destination, or forwards all traffic to a host and port you specify, and it detects HTTP versus HTTPS per request so non-proxy-aware thick clients can negotiate SSL directly with the listener.
Why it matters: Thick clients that make their own HTTP requests and don't support proxy configuration were previously ignored by Burp even after their traffic was redirected to the listener, which cut off testing for those components; invisible proxying closes that gap.
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