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NGINX WAF alternatives: App Protect vs. ModSecurity vs. open-appsec
Nov. 24, 2022, 9:02 p.m. | openappsec
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Written by: Rubaiat Hossain
Nginx is a popular web server software that can also be used for caching, load balancing, and reverse proxying. Its asynchronous, event-driven architecture makes Nginx a good choice for high-traffic systems, which is the reason a lot of DevOps engineers and web developers choose to use it. However, having a high-performance web server is only helpful when you protect your web app accordingly.
This is where web application firewalls (WAFs) come into play. WAFs sit between …
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