How to set up an AMF-aware http proxy using OpenAMF?

Hello.

I am interested in finding out what information a Flash client and its server exchange. The data is exchanged using Flash remoting, i.e. in AMF format over http. I'd like to "wiretap" onto this data communication transparently, monitoring and logging the data on the fly.

So please advise me on the best way to set up and configure a passthrough AMF-aware http proxy server. All software should preferrably be Java-based.

My current plan is to set up a http proxy server, preferrably Tomcat. If Tomcat does not have a proxy feature by default included, I'd have to install for example Pipppo proxy (<http://sourceforge.net/projects/pippoproxy/>).

Then I planned on entering this proxy server into the proxy settings of the web browser, causing all http traffic to be routed through my proxy server. (I assume that the Flash player uses the internet settings of the browser.) Then, when I use the Flash application, my proxy server would trace the AMF-encoded data being transferred.


The area I'm now most interested in is how to plug the OpenAMF decoder into this setup. In other words, how to direct all monitored AMF traffic through a passthough OpenAMF-aware filter on the proxy server.


Does anyone have any thoughts on this or suggestions on how to proceed? Has anyone done this before? Sorry if this has been discussed, I tried searching the archives... Please cc me on replies, I am not subscribed to the list.


Leo

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