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by jlund 1956 days ago
The Nginx configs use modules that are not compiled by default, so most preexisting Nginx binaries in mainstream distros won't work.
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This is correct, just set one of these up and it uses extra Nginx plugins.

Also the way they’ve done it makes it incredibly easy for anyone who isn’t a tech expert with a web server to still help out with a $5 domain and a $5 VPS. You literally run three commands and it’s done.

They want as many people as possible running these so blocking them all is as difficult as possible. It’s the smartest approach to have a low barrier to entry for something like this.