TL;DR — Quick Summary
Nginx 1.7 introduces backend SSL certificate verification, SNI support for upstream servers, and conditional access logging for better security
Note: This article was originally published in 2014. Some steps, commands, or software versions may have changed. Check the current NginX documentation for the latest information.
Changes with (https://nginx.org/ “Nginx”) 1.7
Below are the list of changes from the 1.5.13 release of NginX to version 1.7. This is provided as reference only and was obtained from: https://nginx.org/en/CHANGES. This update includes several new Features so updating to this version is not considered urgent/critical.
Changes with nginx 1.7.0 24 Apr 2014
*) Feature: backend SSL certificate verification.
*) Feature: support for SNI while working with SSL backends.
*) Feature: the $ssl_server_name variable.
*) Feature: the "if" parameter of the "access_log" directive.