[dangayle]

Yes it does, although not out of the box:

http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpEchoModule

[georgebashi]

You don't actually need echo, you can use return from the rewrite module (which is compiled in by default).

    return 503 "<h1>Maintenance</h1><p>will be back soon!</p>";

[rif]

lol, I love hackers :)

[dangayle]

Oh yeah. That's rad.

[rif]

:)