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Lusca vs Varnish

A side-by-side look at Lusca and Varnish. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Lusca

Lusca

Security & Privacy

Lusca is an open-source Node.js web application security middleware. It helps secure Express apps by setting various HTTP headers, protecting against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, and more. Useful for quickly adding security enhancements.

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Varnish

Varnish

Network & Admin

Varnish is an open source web application accelerator designed to speed up websites by caching and optimizing content delivery. It sits in front of web servers and caches frequently-accessed content, reducing requests to backend servers.

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