NEWS

The following is adapted from a talk given by Valentin V. Bartenev at nginx.conf 2015, held in San Francisco in September. You can view the video presentation here. For more about HTTP/2, see our blog post, 7 Tips to Improve HTTP/2 Performance. Table of Contents What is HTTP/2 and when should we use it? This post gives a brief overview of key characeristics and benefits of this new protocol. It also explains when and how to use the HTTP/2 module in NGINX for the best performance benefit. 0:20 Overview of the Protocol 1:40 Key Features of HTTP/2 3:08 HTTP/2 Inside: Binary 4:26 HTTP/2 Inside: Multiplexing 7:09 Key Features of HTTP/2 – Header Compression 8:40 Key Features of HTTP/2 – Prioritization 10:06 History 10:16 Test Page 10:52 Test Environment 11:02 DOM Load 11:48 First Painting 12:45 Configuration 14:20 Questions and Answers [ more… ]

NGINX, Inc. is proud to announce the availability of NGINX Plus Release 8 (R8), the latest release of our application delivery platform. Prominent among the features in NGINX Plus R8 is the OAuth Technology Preview, an implementation of OAuth-based authentication. OAuth 2.0 is the industry standard for authentication and authorization. It can be used to add Single Sign On (SSO) to your applications as well as control access to your APIs. In addition, this release includes a fully production-ready and hardened implementation of HTTP/2, a persistent on-the-fly reconfiguration API, scalable caching for large video files, and many more features to ensure flawless application delivery. The key new features in NGINX Plus R8 are: OAuth Technology Preview – OAuth 2.0 has become the industry standard for managing user identity on the Internet. When you use your Facebook or Google account to log in [ more… ]