Inquiry About Missing --http-host Option in trace_processor_shell

[yohai gevim]

Hello,

I’ve been using perfetto trace_processor_shell and noticed that it does not provide an option like --http-host to allow connections from remote machines. This seems like a straightforward change, yet it's not available.
I’d like to understand the reasoning behind this—was it intentionally left out for security reasons, or are there other technical considerations?

Currently, I’m using SSH tunneling as a workaround, but I’m curious if there are any plans to officially support remote connections in a more direct way.

Thanks,
Yohai

[Lalit Maganti]

Yes it was intentionally left out for security reasons. We don't want to take the burden of people opening themselves up public ports because we don't try in any way to be secure over our http protocol. 

SSH tunneling is our suggested mechanism for doing this and one we use extensively. 

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[Lalit Maganti]

Fwiw you can always put a reverse proxy in front of us and expose TP. I think that should work even with the current implementation. 

[yohai gevim]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.