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by api 3693 days ago
(ZeroTier founder here.)

iOS app is shipping next week. Approved by Apple, just waiting on a DUNS number (sigh).
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zrail 3693 days ago
How does the iOS app work? Does it add a new VPN type or something?

Edit: this is super exciting, btw. This will finally let me run some of my services exclusively on my ZT network instead of publicly.

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api 3692 days ago
The iOS app creates a VPN connection, yes, but it runs p2p. Same as Android.

It's approved. We're just waiting on a DUNS number for ZeroTier, Inc. :P

We also have experimented internally with network containers for iOS and Android apps, but that's a whole different use case:

https://www.zerotier.com/product-netcon.shtml

Network Containers is our experimental tech for allowing apps to join virtual networks with no kernel/OS involvement via a private mini IP stack. You can do P2P networking between instances of your app, other apps, servers, and anything else ("connect all the things") using standard network code, Posix network APIs, and familiar protocols like HTTP.

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