by Baptiste Assmann | Nov 7, 2012 | Aloha, HAProxy, optimization
Why Websocket ??? HTTP protocol is connection-less and only the client can request information from a server. In any case, a server can contact a client… HTTP is purely half-duplex. Furthermore, a server can answer only one time to a client request. Some...
by Baptiste Assmann | Oct 16, 2012 | Aloha, architecture, HAProxy, security
Synopsis I’ve already described WAF in a previous article, where I spoke about WAF scalability with apache and modsecurity. One of the main issue with Apache and modsecurity is the performance. To address this issue, an alternative exists: naxsi, a Web...
by Baptiste Assmann | Oct 12, 2012 | Aloha, architecture, HAProxy, security
Greeting to Thomas Heil, from our German partner Olanis, for his help in Apache and modsecurity configuration assistance. What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF)? Years ago, it was common to protect networks using a firewall… Well known devices which filter...
by Baptiste Assmann | Sep 10, 2012 | HAProxy, layer7, ssl
Update: HAProxy can now handle SSL client certificate: SSL Client certificate management at application level History HAProxy is well know for its performance as a reverse-proxy and load-balancer and is widely deployed on web platforms where performance matters. It is...
by Baptiste Assmann | Sep 4, 2012 | HAProxy, layer7, ssl
IMPORTANT NOTE: this article has been outdated since HAProxy-1.5-dev12 has been released (10th of September). For more information about SSL inside HAProxy. please read: How to get SSL with HAProxy getting rid of stunnel, stud, nginx or pound Synopsis Since yesterday...
