Software defined networking is coming to Surfshark VPN.
Surfshark has announced it is adding new Nexus software defined network (SDN) technology to its consumer-faced VPN product. SDN is prevalent in enterprises and businesses where its flexibility and versatility have made it the defacto choice for network infrastructure. In a statement to TechRadar Pro, Donatas Budvytis, the CTO of Surfshark, elaborated on the company’s decision to develop Nexus. «Each traditional consumer VPN functions more like a list of separate virtual private servers and not a network. Knowing this, we put our minds and resources into creating a solution that would put N (network) into a VPN. By introducing Surfshark Nexus, we will be able to greatly improve users’ online privacy and revolutionize the consumer VPN industry.» What that means is that any customer that connects to Surfshark services will, from now on, connect to the entirety of the VPN providers’ infrastructure rather than a subset of servers physically disconnected from the rest of their peers. The entire set of servers becomes a virtual pool of resources, one defined by the software layer used (hence the acronym, SDN) Pivoting to that philosophy has two main advantages, firstly, it will improve the privacy of its users as the user IP address can change and disconnections/reconnections can happen seamlessly. It is also easier to make upgrades and updates as users will no longer be disconnected. Below is the rest of our interview with Budvytis: 1. What exactly are you announcing today? Can you explain what it is in a couple of sentences? Does it replace/complement any technologies that you offer? Surfshark launches a consumer VPN innovation Surfshark Nexus based on SDN (Software-Defined Networking) technology. A solution that’s unique in a consumer VPN industry connects users to not only one server but an entire network of servers and then routes them to a chosen location.
