Hello NetBird Community!
Welcome to our June newsletter. This month, we've primarily focused on important fixes, but we have a few interesting developments on the way, which will be released in the next version. Here's what's been happening and what is coming soon:
Exit Nodes for Mobile Clients:
After releasing exit nodes for desktop operating systems, we now also support them on mobile devices. Both the Android and iOS versions are available for you to try and use. You can download the NetBird mobile apps here:
Learn more: Exit Node Routing Peer
Network Route Selection:
This new route selection feature simplifies handling overlapping network ranges. Typically, network administrators connect NetBird peers to external networks by defining a network route (e.g., 172.17.0.0/16) and assigning a routing peer. The route selection feature allows users to explicitly choose which routes to apply on the client side, ensuring that peers connect to the correct network without any conflicts.
Learn more: How to Resolve Overlapping Routes
A New Knowledge Hub Article
Both NetBird and ZeroTier embrace the zero trust security model, which operates on the principle that no entity, inside or outside the network, should be automatically trusted. In the linked article, we compare NetBird's and ZeroTier's solutions based on factors such as installation and setup, performance and scalability, and other features.
You can find the article in our Knowledge Hub: ZeroTier vs. NetBird
What's Next on Our Product Roadmap
This month, we're excited to announce some significant updates! One of the key features we're introducing is DNS routes. This new functionality will enable NetBird users to configure routes using domain names instead of IP ranges. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for routing traffic to load balancers, managed databases, and maintaining security for restricted sites behind CDNs with ease and precision.
Additionally, we are happy to present an experimental support release for the FreeBSD operating system. This feature, made possible by a valuable community contribution from member skillcoder , aims to introduce early functionality for FreeBSD (see PR: compile client under freebsd ). Please note that this version is still in its initial stages and may contain bugs or incomplete elements. We encourage our users to test it and provide feedback!
Visit our roadmap to know whats coming after.
🚀 That's a wrap for this month's newsletter! Thanks for being part of our community.