From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 21:11:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72E41065673 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:11:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org) Received: from ourbrains.org (c-76-116-4-190.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [76.116.4.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24F238FC19 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org) Received: (qmail 5288 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2008 20:44:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (192.168.0.4) by 192.168.0.1 with QMQP; 3 Nov 2008 20:44:43 -0000 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:44:42 -0500 From: Dan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081103204442.GA42571@ourbrains.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <490F50F2.5050706@optiksecurite.com> <490F583C.6040806@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <490F583C.6040806@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: Images-only webserver, lighttpd vs NginX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:11:32 -0000 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. -- "But oftentimes I'm asked: Why? Why do you care what happens outside of America?" Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008