Re:So what’s wrong with 1975 programming? (2006)
by tyingq on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:06AM
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"The lack of built-in HTTPS seems killer to me."
I agree. I think varnish remained popular for 2 reasons:
- It was, at one time, higher performing than an nginx proxy cache. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
- VCL is very rich and flexible with primitives for reading/writing cookie contents, cache metadata, cache flushing, client and server state, and so on.
So probably the only reason left if that you're doing something really complicated with your cache in VCL.
Otherwise, as you say, the built in HTTPS of nginx, haproxy, nuster, or something else is a big advantage.
I agree. I think varnish remained popular for 2 reasons:
- It was, at one time, higher performing than an nginx proxy cache. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
- VCL is very rich and flexible with primitives for reading/writing cookie contents, cache metadata, cache flushing, client and server state, and so on.
So probably the only reason left if that you're doing something really complicated with your cache in VCL.
Otherwise, as you say, the built in HTTPS of nginx, haproxy, nuster, or something else is a big advantage.