Helper Protocol

The following helper protocols are used when vey-proxy integrates with external services.

• route_query

  Used by the route_query escaper to query an external routing service. See Route Query.

• cert_generator

  Used by the auditor during TLS interception to request generated certificates. See Certificate Generator.

• ip_locate

  Used by the route_geoip escaper to look up IP location data. See IP Locate.

• icap

  Describes the ICAP helper protocol and the protocol-specific integrations for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, IMAP, and SMTP. See ICAP.

• stream_detour

  Used by the auditor to send client-side and remote-side streams to an external interception server. See Stream Detour.