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������ support of OCSP-Staling/MUST STAPLE means improved security for NGINX as it passes Apache as the server of choice among top sites on the Internet.

Beginning with the . The use of OCSP-Stapling, means that the growing number of top sites on the Internet using NGINX will take advantage of security enhancements added on top of SSL encryption.

New initiatives supported by ������ are designed to improve online data security. Adding OCSP Stapling/MUST STAPLE, Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA), or taking advantage of Google's Certificate Transparency (CT), will help��improve privacy, reliability and validity��checking for sites on the Internet.

“We have been continuously working on enhancements to NGINX that increase performance, reliability and security.�� With improved SSL functionality we expect the vast majority of our customers to share our enthusiasm for increased safety on the Internet.” -Igor Sysoev CTO and principal architect at NGINX

OCSP offers real-time��status information used to confirm��that an SSL Certificate on a website is valid. OCSP acts as an authoritative answer for certificate trust without relying on cached information, and is popular alternative to revocation lists.

OCSP-Stapling takes basic OCSP to the next level of trust by allowing the��organization using��the SSL Certificate, to respond��to the browser's OCSP request instead relying solely on Certificate Authority.

NGINX has the reputation of being an ultra fast and reliable web server. Nearly 40% of top 1000 traffic sites on the Internet use the NGINX web server and it's increasingly becoming a popular web server��of choice for administrators.