A service access method and an apparatus. A secure transmission proxy apparatus performs verification and management on service permission, which reduces networking costs of a service server side and workload of reconstruction and maintenance of the service server side, and enhances communication security. A solution includes: decrypting, by a secure transmission proxy apparatus, a service request message sent by a client, where the service request message includes a service type; performing verification on service permission of a decrypted service request message according to the service type; performing protocol conversion on the decrypted service request message if the service permission verification succeeds; and sending a service request message obtained after the protocol conversion to a service server side, so that the service server side executes a corresponding service according to the service request message obtained after the protocol conversion.