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How can I capture traffic to localhost using Wireshark?

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I am using Wireshark on Windows Vista and I would like to capture http traffic to localhost (127.0.0.1), for debugging purposes, but I have some questions. How can I do this? What capture interface should I use? If I use my NIC as capture interface, only packets to and from the internet are capture…

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The short answer is, on Windows you can't. The Wireshark Wiki describes a couple of workarounds, such as installing a virtual network card using the Microsoft Loopback Adapter, however the results are less than optimal. Their suggestion of setting u…

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