RE: VPN recommendations?

[David Andrzejewski <david () davidandrzejewski com>]

I don't know how people around here feel about Mikrotik, but they have included Wireguard support in their latest 
operating system.

dave

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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+david=davidandrzejewski.com () nanog org> On Behalf Of William Herrin
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 13:56
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: VPN recommendations?

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:04 AM David Guo <david () xtom com> wrote:
> You may try WireGuard and use ddns

Hi David,

My understanding is that Wireguard is software available for general purpose operating systems. I specifically need a 
set of hardware network appliances. I don't overly care which protocol they're running as long as an initiator stuck 
behind a nat box I don't control can maintain a connection with a hub and handle speeds in the100mbps to 10gbps.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:12 AM Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:
> How about running ZeroTier on those Linux boxes and call it a day?
> https://www.zerotier.com/

I specifically cannot use general purpose Linux machines for this. I need network appliances.


On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com> wrote:
> tailscale

I specifically need an integrated network appliance, not software I add to something.

I love my Linux-based VPN servers but my customer very specifically said no. I can't publicly explain why but trust me 
when I say it's a "hard no" and it's not a question of persuasion or education. My customer understands and likes Linux 
but he simply cannot use it this time.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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