Cut the crap from Intercept

Turning on your Burp intercept can sometimes be a headache.
When a site is using several trackers, embedded videos, and 3rd party fonts it can be a hassle to click thru two dozen intercepted requests before getting to the one of interest.

This article will teach you how to:

Exclude domains from your InterceptorHow to save and reload the ‘Do Not Intercept’ list

In next screen shot we caught a request from an embedded Youtube video.
To lower the noise we have to deal with, lets add this domain to our “Don’t Intercept’ list.

How to exclude a domain from Intercept

Right click on requestDon’t intercept requests -> To this Host*.googlevideo.com noise from an embedded Youtube video

3. Options

4. Under ‘Intercept Client Requests’ find your most recent addition

5. Click ‘Edit’

6. Change the ‘Match Condition’ into a wildcard.

^*\.googlevideo\.com$

Saving and reloading your DNI list

As you continue to add telemetry domains to your DNI list you’ll want to start saving and reloading your project.

Save your DNI list

You can reload on the second screen of the Burp start wizard.

Here is a config file to help you get started on your DNI list:

https://gist.github.com/JesseClarkND/380712742469baf71669c31ba9e8601a