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What does this HTTPS request mean?

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When I make an HTTPS request (for example, GET https://http2katanatest.cloudapp.net:8443/root/index.html, I capture the following data on wireshark:

16 03 01 00 ef 01 00 00 eb 03 03 30 84 c4 29 f2 20 c6 80 97 91 89 c1 78 ...

What is this? This does not seem like HEADER frames. Is it compressed data?

asked 08 Apr '14, 23:08

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edited 09 Apr '14, 13:47

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One Answer:

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That is a SSL Handshake Client Hello

Use the Decode As Function to tell wireshark to interpret those as SSL

answered 09 Apr '14, 01:08

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Or add port 8443 to the list of SSL ports

Edit -> Preferences -> Protocols -> HTTP -> SSL/TLS ports

Add 8443 to that list, like this: 443,8443

(09 Apr '14, 13:45) Kurt Knochner ♦