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Date:      Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:44:42 -0500
From:      Dan <dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Images-only webserver, lighttpd vs NginX
Message-ID:  <20081103204442.GA42571@ourbrains.org>
In-Reply-To: <490F583C.6040806@infracaninophile.co.uk>
References:  <490F50F2.5050706@optiksecurite.com> <490F583C.6040806@infracaninophile.co.uk>

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Matthew Seaman(m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk)@2008.11.03 19:59:56 +0000:
> Francis Dub? wrote:
> 
> >Which one do you suggest and why ?

nginx. Lighttpd has remote security holes once in a while. nginx has
better security design and is more modular and faster. It happens to
also be feature-rich, which is not easy to do in a fast and secure
server. Lighttpd had one recent remote hole as of .18. IIRC nginx had
none.


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America?"   Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008



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