Episode 43: Caido - The Up-And-Coming HTTP Proxy

Episode 43: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we're joined by Emile from Caido, who shares his journey into the bug bounty and ethical hacking world. We kick off with a hilarious incident involving Joel, a child on an airplane, and an unfortunate cough. We then dive into the challenges of building an HTTP proxy tool, balancing basic features with nice-to-have features, and the importance of user feedback in shaping the development of Caido, a bug bounty tool.Follow us on twitter at: @ctbbpodcastWe're new to this podcasting thing, so feel free to send us any feedback here: [email protected] to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!------ Links ------Follow your hosts Rhynorater & Teknogeek on twitter:https://twitter.com/0xteknogeekhttps://twitter.com/rhynorater------ Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ------Sign up for Caido using the referral code CTBBPODCAST for a 10% discount on the annual license. Today’s Guest:https://twitter.com/TheSytten Caidohttps://caido.io/Caido’s Discordhttps://discord.com/invite/KgGkkpKFaqVS Codehttps://code.visualstudio.com/DNSChefhttps://github.com/iphelix/dnschefHackMDhttps://hackmd.io/Timestamps:(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:34) Emile’s journey from general infrastructure development to co-founding Caido(00:07:00) The rundown on Caido, a lightweight and flexible HTTP proxy tool(00:11:00) Current and upcoming Caido Features(00:17:00) Caido crew and division of duties(00:19:40) Missing features and feature requests(00:23:49) Decision to use Rust(00:28:25) Workflows and walkthroughs(00:36:27) Intercepts and the Roadmap(00:41:15) Opinions on collaborator Functionality and HTTP Callback(00:46:19) Reporting and Collaboration