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nginx-naxsi-1.30.4p2

nginx web application firewall module

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Description

NAXSI means Nginx Anti XSS & SQL Injection. The nginx nasxi module, by default, reads a small subset of simple (and readable) rules containing 99% of known patterns involved in website vulnerabilities. For example, <, | or drop are not supposed to be part of a URI. Being very simple, those patterns may match legitimate queries, it is the Naxsi's administrator duty to add specific rules that will whitelist legitimate behaviours. The administrator can either add whitelists manually by analyzing nginx's error log, or (recommended) start the project with an intensive auto-learning phase that will automatically generate whitelisting rules regarding a website's behaviour. In short, Naxsi behaves like a DROP-by-default firewall, the only task is to add required ACCEPT rules for the target website to work properly.

Package information

Ports path
www/nginx,-naxsi
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Robert Nagy <robert@openbsd.org>
Categories
www, lang/lua
Available flavors
no_lua, no_modsecurity, no_njs

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