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 see the following window:

Figure 12.8: HTTP preferences

By default, all the four options are checked. These are options that reassemble the HTTP headers and bodies 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 (usually used for proxies), and others. If you have an application working with HTTP with a port that is not listed, add it here. Do the same with HTTPS SSL/TLS Ports—the default is 443. If you use another port, add it here. Port 80 is listed as the port for Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

Custom HTTP headers fields

Custom HTTP headers fields enable us...