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STRING, read-only.

Available inall subroutines.

Client proxy description.

Defaults to ? when an IP address is not known to be a proxy or VPN. Other possible values are:

• cloud - Enables ubiquitous network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources.
• cloud-security - A host accessing the internet via a web security and data protection cloud provider. Example providers with this type of service are Zscaler, Scansafe, and Onavo.
• dns - A proxy used by overriding the client's DNS value for an endpoint host to that of the proxy instead of the actual DNS value.
• tor-exit - The gateway nodes where encrypted or anonymous Tor traffic hits the internet.
• tor-relay - Receives traffic on the Tor network and passes it along. Also referred to as "routers".
• vpn - Virtual private network that encrypts and routes all traffic through the VPN server, including programs and applications.
• web-browser - This value will indicate connectivity that is taking place through mobile device web browser software that proxies the user through a centralized location. Examples of browsers are Opera mobile browsers and UCBrowser.

Example

sub vcl_recv {
  #FASTLY recv
  if (client.geo.proxy_description ~ "^tor-") {
    error 600 "using tor";
  }
}

sub vcl_error {
  if (obj.status == 600) {
    set obj.status = 451;
    return (deliver);
  }
}