Nginx Rate Limit Introduction Nginx is a powerful web server that can be used to serve static content, load balance, and act as a reverse proxy. It is also capable of rate limiting requests to prevent abuse and protect your server from being overwhelmed. I seen various guides on how to set up rate limiting in Nginx, but I wanted to write my own since I had a specific use case in mind and I couldn’t find an example anywhere. ...
What is NGINX? NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers. source What is a WAF? A WAF or web application firewall helps protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It typically protects web applications from attacks such as cross-site forgery, cross-site-scripting (XSS), file inclusion, and SQL injection, among others. A WAF is a protocol layer 7 defense (in the OSI model), and is not designed to defend against all types of attacks. This method of attack mitigation is usually part of a suite of tools which together create a holistic defense against a range of attack vectors. source We now have a general understanding of what Nginx is and what a WAF can do here are the two main products that can be used: ...