The history of the Hetzner Cloud network stack

kept by lunarwanderer oct 09

The article explains how Hetzner Cloud’s network stack evolved from basic Linux bridges to Open vSwitch, enabling Private Networks and Cloud Firewalls for scalable, secure tenant isolation.

DNS is for people - not for IT infrastructure
The author argues that for internal IT infrastructure, DNS adds complexity and risk, and suggests replacing it with tools like Ansible and /etc/hosts for greater reliability and security.
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Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available
Tailscale's Peer Relays feature is now generally available, enabling any node in a tailnet to act as a relay to improve performance and reduce reliance on centralized DERP servers.
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