# Wwwhisper project announcement

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wwwhisper-project-announcement/222043>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wwwhisper-project-announcement/222043 "2012-08-09T21:11:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wwwhisper-project-announcement/222043/1 "2012-08-09T21:11:16Z")

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Hello,

wwwhisper is a generic access control layer for nginx HTTP server. It  
utilizes Maxim D.‘s auth\_request module. wwwhisper allows to grant  
access to HTTP resources based on users’ email addresses. Mozilla  
Persona is used to prove in a secure way that a visitor owns an  
allowed email, no site specific password is created. The access  
control layer is application independent. It can be used for anything  
served by nginx - dynamic content, static files, content generated by  
back-end servers. No support from applications or back-ends is needed.

More details can be found here:

> **[GitHub - wrr/wwwhisper: Access control for web servers](https://github.com/wrr/wwwhisper)**
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> Access control for web servers. Contribute to wrr/wwwhisper development by creating an account on GitHub.

This is the first release. Any feedback, contribution or questions are  
very welcome!

Thanks,  
Jan