Nginx 1.2.9 for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit builds) are now available for free download. These packages were built from the upstream legacy branch. Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a high performance web server, caching proxy and a Layer 7 load balancing solution. Millions of web sites on the Internet use and benefit from Nginx because of its extreme performance, scalability, reliability, flexibility, and security.
On 2013-05-13, the legacy version of Nginx 1.2.9 was released at nginx.org. The upstream changelog is as follows:
Changes with nginx 1.2.9 13 May 2013
- ) Security: contents of worker process memory might be sent to a client if HTTP backend returned specially crafted response (CVE-2013-2070); the bug had appeared in 1.1.4.
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Maxim Dounin
These Windows install files are provided to support legacy users who still use the Cygwin based builds. Before nginx.org starting providing native Windows packages, these were the only way to run Nginx on Windows. Now, official native Windows builds are available and supported at nginx.org. Please use those if you are new to Nginx on Windows. Once again, they are fully supported and available for download at nginx.org.
Downloads:
Nginx 1.2.9 for Windows (32-bit)
Nginx 1.2.9 for Windows (64-bit.
UPDATE: For Stable and Mainline versions, please click here: Nginx for Windows.
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