Security rules the day in version 10 of Nginx’s enterprise-level web server, which features enhancements, including a web application firewall.

Nginx Plus Release 10, available Tuesday, also introduces JavaScript-based scripting for configuration, IP transparency, and DSR (Direct Server Return) load-balancing.

For application security, version 10 features an Nginx-native version of the ModSecurity WAF module, which Nginx co-developed with Trustwave. The firewall, which is the first Nginx-supported WAF for the web server, uses heuristics and signatures to identify bad traffic for users to either drop or log for inspection.

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