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WireShark doesn't decode gzip'ed http traffic on Windows


Do you guys know why WireShark may refuse to decode gzip'ed http traffic on Windows?

My configuration

Option "Uncompressed entity bodies" is checked in Preferences / Protocols / HTTP.

Here is how my "Follow TCP Stream" dialog looks like:

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When I first open this dialog radio-button below is set to "Raw", but when I click on "ASCII" nothing changes.

Any ideas ?


Solution

  • There is support within Wireshark now. Just right click on top of a packet identified as HTTP (Protocol column = HTTP), then "Follow" and "HTTP Stream". This should decode compressed responses into plain text.