---
id: 482
title: "Intercepting thick client communications"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/intercepting-thick-client-communications"
published_at: "2009-04-10T15:00:00Z"
tags: ["burp-suite", "portswigger", "thick-clients", "invisible-proxying", "interception", "hosts-file"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/482"
lang: en
---

# Intercepting thick client communications

## Summary

How to intercept non-proxy-aware thick clients: map hostnames to 127.0.0.1, run invisible proxy listeners, and use Burp's hostname resolution override to prevent forwarding loops.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2009-04-10T15:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/intercepting-thick-client-communications
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/482