Tailscale is a technology company founded in 2019 by former Google engineers, including CEO Avery Pennarun and CTO David Crawshaw. Based in Canada, Tailscale focuses on creating secure, simple, and scalable peer-to-peer networks that enable devices and users to connect seamlessly across the internet. The company aims to simplify networking by reintroducing direct, secure connections between devices, effectively transforming local area networks into mesh networks. Tailscale offers a secure VPN alternative built on the open-source WireGuard protocol, which establishes encrypted connections directly between devices without routing traffic through centralized gateways. Its core components include client applications for user devices and a coordination server that manages authentication and access control while ensuring user data privacy. The product supports decentralized zero-trust network architecture, making it suitable for personal remote access, business connectivity, and DevOps team collaboration. Tailscale serves a diverse range of customers, from individual developers to IT teams, with over 10,000 organizations using its solutions worldwide.
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Tailscale announced an integration with Border0, offering a solution to secure databases, Kubernetes, and SSH by tying every connection to a real person. This provides MSPs with enhanced access control and security tools for client infrastructure.
Read moreFounded
2019
Employees
270
Industry
information technology & services
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This new integration allows Tailscale logs to be streamed to Azure Blob Storage. MSPs can leverage this for centralized log management, enhanced security monitoring, and compliance for their clients' environments.
HP is integrating Tailscale into its Remote System Controller, providing administrators secure access to out-of-band management devices. This is highly relevant for MSPs managing client infrastructure and requiring reliable remote troubleshooting.
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Read moreThis article discusses using Tailscale to remotely access and manage self-hosted 3D printers, offering MSPs a potential solution for supporting clients with remote access to their local networks and devices, and highlighting the value of secure remote access solutions for managing client infrastructure.
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