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CIS NGINX Benchmark v2.1.0 L2 Proxy

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Audit Details

Name: CIS NGINX Benchmark v2.1.0 L2 Proxy

Updated: 3/23/2026

Authority: CIS

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 14

File Details

Filename: CIS_NGINX_v2.1.0_Level_2_Proxy.audit

Size: 24.1 kB

MD5: d85e62e82da48277db91cf13e337377d
SHA256: 4c267954f236b9ecd82ce410e9eb3f34615f2dfc83dffbcfb2af74107574b57f

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.2 Ensure NGINX is installed from source
2.1.1 Ensure only required modules are installed
2.1.2 Ensure HTTP WebDAV module is not installed
2.1.3 Ensure modules with gzip functionality are disabled
3.5 Ensure error logs are sent to a remote syslog server
3.6 Ensure access logs are sent to a remote syslog server
4.1.10 Ensure the upstream traffic server certificate is trusted
4.1.11 Ensure your domain is preloaded
4.1.12 Ensure session resumption is disabled to enable perfect forward security
4.1.14 Ensure only Perfect Forward Secrecy Ciphers are Leveraged
5.1.1 Ensure allow and deny filters limit access to specific IP addresses
5.2.4 Ensure the number of connections per IP address is limited
5.2.5 Ensure rate limits by IP address are set
CIS_NGINX_v2.1.0_Level_2_Proxy.audit from CIS NGINX Benchmark v2.1.0