PMG Proxy
May 6, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
A generic, extensible HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with man-in-the-middle (MITM) capabilities for intercepting and analyzing package manager traffic. Built with goproxy library.
Features
- Selective interception of HTTPS traffic
- Pluggable interceptors for different use cases
- Certificate generation and management for HTTPS interception (MITM)
Architecture
flowchart TD
A[Package Manager]
A -- HTTPS_PROXY --> B[Proxy Server]
B --> C{Match?}
C -- Yes --> D[MITM]
D --> E[Inspect]
C -- No --> F[TCP Tunnel]
subgraph inside_proxy [ ]
G[Interceptor<br/>Chain]
end
B --> inside_proxy
Example
See examples/proxy for a complete example.
Quick Start
package main
import (
"github.com/safedep/pmg/proxy"
"github.com/safedep/pmg/proxy/certmanager"
)
func main() {
// Generate CA certificate
caCert, _ := certmanager.GenerateCA(certmanager.DefaultCertManagerConfig())
// Create certificate manager
certMgr, _ := certmanager.NewCertificateManagerWithCA(caCert, certmanager.DefaultCertManagerConfig())
// Create proxy
proxyServer, _ := proxy.NewProxyServer(&proxy.ProxyConfig{
ListenAddr: "127.0.0.1:8888",
CertManager: certMgr,
EnableMITM: true,
Interceptors: []proxy.Interceptor{NewMyInterceptor()},
})
// Start proxy
proxyServer.Start()
// ... wait for shutdown signal ...
proxyServer.Stop(context.Background())
}
Certificate Manager
The certmanager package provides certificate generation and caching.
Usage
import "github.com/safedep/pmg/proxy/certmanager"
// Generate a new CA certificate
config := certmanager.DefaultCertManagerConfig()
caCert, err := certmanager.GenerateCA(config)
// Handle persistence (example)
os.WriteFile("ca-cert.pem", caCert.Certificate, 0644)
// Create certificate manager with CA
certMgr, err := certmanager.NewCertificateManagerWithCA(caCert, config)
// Generate host certificates (automatically cached)
hostCert, err := certMgr.GenerateCertForHost("registry.npmjs.org")