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On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:13:00 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> Neil, could you please spare a couple of words to explain how the |
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> zerotier architecture works? |
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I can do it in one word - magic! |
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It's basically a P2P VPN. You set up a network on the controller and then |
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join it from various machines. Those machines register with the network |
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controller, and receive an IP address from it, but the actual |
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communication is direct between the computers. So your data is private |
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and if both computers are on the same LAN, you still get full LAN speed |
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between them. |
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It use a TUN/TAP interface, for example on this laptop: |
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zt0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 2800 |
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inet 10.252.252.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.252.252.255 |
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ether 46:96:8c:9c:02:e1 txqueuelen 500 (Ethernet) |
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So I can connect to 10.252.252.6 from any computer on my zerotier |
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network, but you cannot. You may even have the same IP address for one of |
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the computers on your network. |
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It's open source and if you want optimum security, or want to run a |
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network of more than 10 computers without paying a fee, you can run your |
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own controller. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Format: (v.) to erase irrevocably and unintentionally. |
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(n.) The process of such erasure. |
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