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Ask HN: Lua App Servers?

2 points by rlawson ↗ HN
I'm getting into Lua and wondering what's the list of active application servers? I've come across

  - redbean
  - openresty
  - mako/barracuda
What am I missing?

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evanjrowley
Cisco iOS XE uses a Lua app server for it's HTTP(S) interface. Not sure if it's a custom in-house, COTS, or implementation of one of those FOSS Lua app servers. I suppose it's worthwhile exploring if any of these app servers are vulnerable to the same type of exploitation[0].

>"The implant is based on the Lua programming language"

>The implant is saved in the file path “/usr/binos/conf/nginx-conf/cisco_service.conf.”

[0] https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/actively-exploited-...