ZeroTier

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ZeroTier, Inc
Company type Private
Industry
Founded2011;14 years ago (2011)
FounderAdam Ierymenko
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Adam Ierymenko (Founder/CTO)
Products
  • ZeroTier One
  • Central
  • libzt (SDK)
  • LF (pronounced "aleph")
Website zerotier.com

ZeroTier, Inc. is a software company with a freemium business model based in Irvine, California. ZeroTier provides proprietary software, SDKs [1] and commercial products and services to create and manage virtual software-defined networks. The company's flagship end-user product ZeroTier One [2] is a client application that enables devices such as PCs, phones, servers and embedded devices to securely connect to peer-to-peer virtual networks. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

ZeroTier One
Developer(s) ZeroTier, Inc.
Stable release
1.14.0 [6] / May 2, 2024;15 months ago (2024-05-02)
Operating system Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Linux on ARM
Type SD-WAN, P2P, VPN
License Business Source License (Free for personal use. Enterprise pricing available); formerly GPLv3
Website https://www.zerotier.com

Software tools

ZeroTier markets proprietary tools, which are licensed under a Business Source License 1.1, [7] intended to support the development and deployment of virtual data centers:

In 2021, the product line consists of the following tools:

Client

The ZeroTier client is used to connect to virtual networks previously created in the ZeroTier Central web-based UI. Endpoint connections are peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted. STUN and hole punching are used to establish direct connections between peers behind NAT. Direct connection route discovery is made with the help of a global network of root servers via a mechanism similar to ICE in WebRTC.

Controller

Virtual networks are created and managed using a ZeroTier controller. Management is done using an API, proprietary web-based UI (ZeroTier Central), open-source web-based. [9] [10]

Packages

ZeroTier One is available on multiple platforms and in multiple forms:

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 ZeroTier One
  3. ""ZeroTier" that allows you to connect Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS with VPN without difficult setting". GIGAZINE.net.
  4. "Peer-to-peer-based VPN alternatives". Linux-Magazine.com.
  5. Goethals, Tom; Kerkhove, Dwight; Volckaert, Bruno; De Turck, Filip (October 21–25, 2019). Scalability evaluation of VPN technologies for secure container networking (PDF). 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2019. Halifax, Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  6. "Release VERSION 1.14.0: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub .
  7. "LICENSE.txt". GitHub . Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. "Release VERSION 0.9.2: · zerotier/ZeroTierOne". GitHub .
  9. pandada8 (2021-08-18), zt-panel , retrieved 2023-02-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. key-networks (2023-02-02), ztncui - ZeroTier network controller user interface , retrieved 2023-02-02
  11. ZeroTier Docker container page
  12. IoTStack page
  13. ZeroTier One Google Play Store page
  14. "ZeroTier One VPN configuration RutOS - Teltonika Networks Wiki". wiki.teltonika-networks.com. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-06.