Ask HN: is Nginx trusted?

10 pointsby hoodoofvor 12 Jahren8 comments

Given that it's developed in Russia, does the Russian equivalent of the NSA have code in there?

4 comments

tptacekvor 12 Jahren

No, the Russians have mot backdoored nginx.

clubhivor 12 Jahren

mot is russian for secretly

tptacekvor 12 Jahren

It's American for "I am typing this on an iPhone keyboard".

hadoukeniovor 12 Jahren

Which is made in China.

misframervor 12 Jahren

The source code is available, so theoretically you could check.

hoodoofvor 12 Jahren

That might not be enough...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underhanded_C_Contest

mattwritescodevor 12 Jahren

I think you probably have to worry more about the general security of your servers. Its really quite easy to do something stupid which can leave you exposed.

Im sure the russians have better things to be doing rather than looking at you (no offence).

airjdvor 12 Jahren

I just use it to proxy my static resources.