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Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A core developer of Nginx, the popular web server, has quit the project and started a fork called freenginx.
The developer cited disagreements with the new management at F5, which acquired Nginx Inc. in 2019, over security policies.
The dispute arose from the assigning of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) to bugs in the experimental HTTP/3 code.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 15 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A core developer of Nginx, currently the world's most popular web server, has quit the project, stating that he no longer sees it as "a free and open source project… for the public good."

Later that year, two of Nginx's leaders, Maxim Konovalov and Igor Sysoev, were detained and interrogated in their homes by armed Russian state agents.

While the criminal charges and rights do not appear to have materialized, the implications of a Russian company's intrusion into a popular open source piece of the web's infrastructure caused some alarm.

Comments on Hacker News, including one by a purported employee of F5, suggest Dounin opposed the assigning of published CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) to bugs in aspects of QUIC.

MegaZone wrote to Ars (noting that he only spoke for himself and not F5), stating, "It's an unfortunate situation, but I think we did the right thing for the users in assigning CVEs and following public disclosure practices.

F5 is committed to delivering successful open source projects that require a large and diverse community of contributors, as well as applying rigorous industry standards forassigning and scoring identified vulnerabilities.

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