nginx

mTLS is one of the cleanest ways to tighten internal service trust when you control both sides of the connection. I use it for sensitive east-west traffic where bearer credentials alone are too weak. Certificate lifecycle and revocation planning matte

Nginx serves as a high-performance reverse proxy and load balancer. The upstream block defines backend server pools. Load balancing methods include round-robin (default), least_conn, ip_hash, and random. The proxy_pass directive forwards requests to u

I like setting baseline browser hardening headers at the proxy so every app behind it benefits. HSTS, clickjacking protection, MIME sniffing prevention, and sane referrer policy are cheap wins. The only caveat is making sure the settings match real de