nginx手册--简介

nginx---HTTP服务器：
    nginx [engine x]是个HTTP逆向代理服务器，邮件代理服务器，及普通的TCP代理服务器。
    由Igor Sysoev开发。
    
    基本的HTTP服务器功能：
        (1)serving static and index files, autoindexing, open file descriptor cache
        (2)高效的缓存逆向代理，负载平衡和出错容忍；
        (3)支持FastCGI缓存, uwsgi， SCGI和memcached服务器
        (4)模块化架构， Filters include gzipping, byte ranges, chunked responses,
            XSLT, SSI, and image transformation filter.
        (5)支持SSL和TLS SNI;
    
    其他的HTTP服务器功能：
        (1):支持域名和IP地址的虚拟服务器
        (2):Keep-alive and pipelined connections support;
        (3):Flexible configuration;
        (4):Reconfiguration and upgrade of an executable without interruption of the
            client servicing;
        (5):Access log formats, buffered log writing, fast log rotation, and syslog logging;
        (6):3xx-5xx error codes redirection;
        (7):The rewrite module: URI changing using regular expressions;
        (8):Executing different functions depending on the client address;
        (9):Access control based on client IP address, by password (HTTP Basic
            authentication) and by the result of subrequest;
        (10):Validation of HTTP referer;
        (11):The PUT, DELETE, MKCOL, COPY, and MOVE methods;
        (12):FLV and MP4 streaming;
        (13):Response rate limiting;
        (14):Limiting the number of simultaneous connections or requests coming from one
            address;
        (16):嵌入perl;
        
        
        
        
    邮箱代理服务器功能：
        User redirection to IMAP or POP3 server using an external HTTP authentication server;
        User authentication using an external HTTP authentication server and connection redirection to an internal SMTP server;
        Authentication methods:
            POP3: USER/PASS, APOP, AUTH LOGIN/PLAIN/CRAM-MD5;
            IMAP: LOGIN, AUTH LOGIN/PLAIN/CRAM-MD5;
            SMTP: AUTH LOGIN/PLAIN/CRAM-MD5;
        SSL support;
        STARTTLS and STLS support.

    TCP代理服务器功能：
        Generic proxying with SSL termination; load balancing and fault tolerance;