Sniffing iPad Traffic

[mr-howdy]

http://www.cardinalpeak.com/blog/?p=519

[jncraton]

Why can't the traffic just be passively captured from the same wifi network that you computer is connected to? Why is the network bridge needed?

[eli → jncraton]

It can be. It's just a bit harder to set up and definitely more error prone.

[there → jncraton]

most wireless network card firmwares/drivers will only pass down traffic destined for its own mac address (or broadcast frames) even in promiscuous mode.

[callmeed]

Is this any better/worse than using something like charles proxy?

[gojomo → callmeed]

An HTTP proxy will only capture HTTP traffic; this setup can capture other traffic as well.