Darrin Chandler on ports@.
"Thanks to Toni Mueller for prodding, and to Simon Kuhnle for prodding,
testing, and the patch (I had the same diff just before lock but kept
forgetting after unlock)." -dwc
nginx [engine x] is a HTTP server and IMAP/POP3 proxy server.
The basic HTTP features:
* Handling of the static files, index files, and autoindexing
* Accelerated reverse proxying without caching, simple load
balancing and fault tolerance
* Accelerated support without caching of the remote FastCGI
servers, simple load balancing and fault tolerance
* Modular architecture, filters including gzipping, byte
ranges, chunked responses, and SSI-filter; Several subrequests
in one page handling in SSI-filter via FastCGI or proxy
running in parallel
* the SSL support
The IMAP/POP3 proxy server features:
* User redirection to IMAP/POP3 backend using an external HTTP
authentication server
* Plain text authentication (LOGIN, USER/PASS)
* SSL and STARTTLS support
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