Subj : fsxNet Feedback (ZeroTier)
To   : Oli
From : deon
Date : Fri May 14 2021 10:53 pm

  Re: fsxNet Feedback (ZeroTier)
  By: Oli to deon on Fri May 14 2021 11:19 am

 Ol> Is it completely independent?

Yes - https://www.zerotier.com/manual/#4_4

 Ol> Wikipedia tells me: "Virtual networks are created and managed using a ZeroTier controller. Management is done using an API,
 Ol> proprietary web-based UI (ZeroTier Central), open-source web-based or CLI alternative. Using root servers other than those hosted by
 Ol> ZeroTier Inc. is *impeded* by the software's license.

It seems illogical to impede the use of their roots via the software license, when their documentation tells you how to do it (via moons).

 Ol> Can I configure the ports or has the admin the power to change the rules at will?

The owner of the network controls the ports for the network. But you with a (virtual) interface to the network can apply your OS level firewalling - in the same way you may want to firewall one host from another on the same ethernet network.

 Ol> Is it possible to use ZeroTier in a really decentralized way?

Yes, I believe so - even though I've not actually tried it with any system not connected to the internet.

The concept is similar to DNS - my DNS server isnt authoritive for .de domains - it finds them via "known" root servers and thus can resolve .de addresses. OR if I configure my DNS server directly with the information of the root .de TLD, it doesnt need to query the known roots to find them.

So I run my own controller, configure my own network on that controller and you as an endpoint can find my network, directly if you configure my "moon" or indirectly via the root servers (aka planets). If zerotier shuts down their root servers, you will still continue to function if you have my moon configured.

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