Nginx ("engine x") is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by igor sysoev. it can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce the load on back-end http or mail servers.

this package provides a version of nginx with the basic modules, plus the naxsi web application firewall module.

standard http modules: core, access, auth basic, auto index, browser, charset, core, empty gif, fastcgi, geo, gzip, headers, index, limit requests, limit zone, log, map, memcached, proxy, referer, rewrite, split clients, ssi, upstream, user id.

optional http modules: debug, ipv6, real ip, ssl, stub status.

third party modules: naxsi, cache purge, upstream fair.