Blog posts by Robert Haynes

A Primer on QUIC Networking and Encryption in NGINX

QUIC shifts responsibility for some networking details from the operating system to NGINX. Learn what you need to know to successfully support QUIC+HTTP/3.

Active or Passive Health Checks: Which Is Right for You?

Learn how active and passive health checks work in NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus, and which use cases each type is best for.

Accelerating DDoS Mitigation with eBPF in F5 NGINX App Protect DoS

NGINX App Protect DoS accelerates defense against Layer 7 DDoS attacks by leveraging eBPF with XDT to enforce rules in kernel space, effectively blocking attacks at Layer 4.

NGINX Tutorial: How to Securely Manage Secrets in Containers

Learn how to safely use and distribute secrets in containers, using a mix of Linux tools and secrets management systems.

Binary Packages Now Available for the Preview NGINX QUIC+HTTP/3 Implementation

Binary packages are now available for our preview implementation of NGINX with support for QUIC+HTTP/3. Learn how to configure and test the implementation on your site.

Back to Basics: Web Traffic Encryption with SSL/TLS and NGINX

Encrypting HTTP traffic with Transport Layer Security (TLS) prevents tampering and eavesdropping. Learn all about implementing TLS with NGINX in our on-demand webinar.

Announcing NGINX Plus R28

NGINX Plus R28 introduces TLS metrics for handshake errors and certificate verification failures, support for PROXY protocol v2 in cloud private services, and more.

Back to Basics: Installing NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus

Get started on your deployment of NGINX Open Source or NGINX Plus with these links to the official NGINX repo, installation instructions, and our free on-demand webinar.

Announcing NGINX Plus R26

NGINX Plus R26 introduces faster JWT validation with JSON Web Key Set caching and hardened TLS handshakes for improved security. New NGINX JavaScript features include enhanced support for asynchronous...

Bridging the Divide: Flexibility and Security

Our Bridging the Divide series continues with Robert Haynes addressing the long-standing myth within the networking and security communities; that secure software architectures are inflexible, and agi...

Bridging the Divide Between DevOps and NetOps

We've seen too many articles that pit DevOps teams and NetOps teams in opposition to each other, almost at the personal level. That’s not helpful, and this isn't one of them.

iSeries: Not Just a Better, Bigger, and Faster BIG-IP

F5 Application Delivery Services in OpenStack: What Does it Mean to You?

Recently, F5 has released a number of OpenStack components, including open source LBaaS V2 plugin code, a Heat plugin library, and Heat templates.