Step-by-step blueprint for deploying hardened reverse proxies, configuring CSP headers, and mitigating brute-force and scraping bots without bloated CDNs.
## Reverse Proxy as the First Line of Defense
Nginx remains one of the most battle-tested reverse proxies on earth. In this engineering guide, we walk through our standard production configuration:
- Hardened SSL/TLS 1.3 ciphers with strict forward secrecy
- Dynamic upstream routing for containerized microservices
- Memory-efficient zone rate limiting to block API brute-forcing
- Strict Content Security Policies (CSP) and security headers