NGINX is open source software for reverse proxying, HTTP load balancing, media streaming, caching and serves as an email proxy for IMAP, POP3 and SMTP. Originally created by Igor Sysoev in 2004 to solve the C10K problem, NGINX now offers an event-driven asynchronous architecture making it reliable and scalable.
NGINX comes with enough built-in functionality to greatly limit the effectiveness of DDoS attacks. Furthermore, NGINX App Protect DoS secures modern, distributed apps and APIs with advanced protection from Layer 7 DoS threats that can avoid detection by traditional tools and strategies. Its combination of automated user and site behavior analysis, proactive health checks, and no‑touch configuration offers a low‑overhead solution to stop common attacks including HTTP GET flood, POST flood, Slowloris, Slow Read, and Slow POST.