Tailscale expands from VPN into a full connectivity platform
Tailscale got its start back in 2019 as a VPN provider based on the open-source WireGuard technology.
Tailscale got its start back in 2019 as a VPN provider based on the open-source WireGuard technology.
The short version
- As it turns out, enabling private connectivity in the AI era has a lot of practical utility.
- Tailscale raised $160 million last year to expand its WireGuard-based VPN platform and is now pushing well beyond that original VPN pitch with a series of announcements at its Tailscale Up conference last week.
- Tailscale ties access to a device or user identity rather than to an IP address, the way a traditional VPN tunnel does, and applies policy based on that identity to decide what it can reach.
What happened
That capability is now a foundation for a series of new services that expand Tailscale’s reach. New services include: DNS Filtering by Control D.
Why it matters
A DNS filtering service from partner Control D, now sold and managed through existing Tailscale policy to block malicious and unapproved destinations.
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