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As NSM sits on the layer 3 of the OSI model (the network layer), is IPSec VPN used for communication across the public network? #3231

Open nathanawmk opened 2 years ago

nathanawmk commented 2 years ago

As NSM sits on the layer 3 of the OSI model (the network layer), is IPSec VPN used for communication across the public network?

edwarnicke commented 2 years ago

@nathanawmk NSM negotiates the 'remote mechanism' used for carrying vWires off Node. Currently, we use wireguard by default for carrying IP payloads. We'd be quite open to IPSEC as a remote mechanism as well :)

denis-tingaikin commented 2 years ago

@nathanawmk Do you still have any questions related to the issue?