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"But in addition to running an Apache webserver to dish up benign content, they've also been hacked to run a second webserver known as nginx, which serves malwa
by bravura 17y ago
"But in addition to running an Apache webserver to dish up benign content, they've also been hacked to run a second webserver known as nginx, which serves malware."
This poor writing, especially the use of the non-restrictive relative clause ("which", not "that"), suggests that nginx is designed to serve malware almost exclusively.
- texel 17y ago"nginx is a specialized second webserver that can serve any kind of malware"
- ars 17y agoAre you quoting? Because that is not true. It's just a webserver, general purpose use.
- texel 17y agoI took my inspiration from here: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9a5l7/xml_is_a_specialized_alphabet_that_can_capture/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9a5l7/xml_is_a_... Yes, I'm aware... I use nginx every day at work. Great little webserver :)
- anonjon 17y agothat jumped out at me too. to any lay-reader it sounds like ngnix is a web-server specifically designed for 'serving malware'. thankfully they have libel laws in the UK.