nginx 1.1.0 *) Feature: cache loader run time decrease. *) Feature: "loader_files", "loader_sleep", and "loader_threshold" options of the "proxy/fastcgi/scgi/uwsgi_cache_path" directives. *) Feature: loading time decrease of configuration with large number of HTTPS sites. *) Feature: now nginx supports ECDHE key exchange ciphers. Thanks to Adrian Kotelba. *) Feature: the "lingering_close" directive. Thanks to Maxim Dounin. *) Bugfix: in closing connection for pipelined requests. Thanks to Maxim Dounin. *) Bugfix: nginx did not disable gzipping if client sent "gzip;q=0" in "Accept-Encoding" request header line. *) Bugfix: in timeout in unbuffered proxied mode. Thanks to Maxim Dounin. *) Bugfix: memory leaks when a "proxy_pass" directive contains variables and proxies to an HTTPS backend. Thanks to Maxim Dounin. *) Bugfix: in parameter validaiton of a "proxy_pass" directive with variables. Thanks to Lanshun Zhou. *) Bugfix: SSL did not work on QNX. Thanks to Maxim Dounin. *) Bugfix: SSL modules could not be built by gcc 4.6 without --with-debug option.

--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -642,15 +642,17 @@ ngx_http_proxy_eval(ngx_http_request_t *
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "http://", 7) == 0) {
-
+    if (proxy.len > 7
+        && ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "http://", 7) == 0)
+    {
         add = 7;
         port = 80;
 
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
 
-    } else if (ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "https://", 8) == 0) {
-
+    } else if (proxy.len > 8
+               && ngx_strncasecmp(proxy.data, (u_char *) "https://", 8) == 0)
+    {
         add = 8;
         port = 443;
         r->upstream->ssl = 1;
@@ -1707,6 +1709,8 @@ ngx_http_proxy_create_loc_conf(ngx_conf_
     conf->headers_hash_max_size = NGX_CONF_UNSET_UINT;
     conf->headers_hash_bucket_size = NGX_CONF_UNSET_UINT;
 
+    ngx_str_set(&conf->upstream.module, "proxy");
+
     return conf;
 }