Configuring HTTP preferences

There are some preferences that you can change when working with HTTP. Let's see what they are.

Getting ready

Start Wireshark and go to the next section.

How to do it...

1. Choose Edit | Preferences.

2. Under Protocols, select HTTP. You will get the following window:

   

   • By default, the upper four rows are checked. These are options that reassemble the HTTP headers and body when fragmentation is performed on the lower layers.

   • In the TCP Ports field, you will get a list of the port numbers that Wireshark will dissect as HTTP. In this list, you see the default port 80, ports 8080 and 8088 that are usually used for proxies, and others. In case you have an application working with HTTP with a port that is not listed, add it here.

   • The same with HTTPS—the default is 443 (that is for Secured HTTP, or HTTP over SSL/TLS). In case you use another port, add it here.

Custom HTTP headers fields

Custom HTTP headers fields enable us to create a new HTTP display filters under the http.header filter...