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High performance policy routed IPsec mesh SD-WAN

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Hacker News | Oct 18, 2026 | StepBroBD

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High performance policy routed IPsec mesh SD-WANWhy ranet3Protocols and routingWhy ranet3Standard protocolsPeers only need standard IKEv2, ESP, Babel and SRv6. Interoperability is checked against:strongSwanIKEv2 and ESP sessions with Ed25519 keysBIRDBabel routes with RTT metrics, matched route for routeLinuxKernel seg6local acts on the SRv6 headers ranet3 writesAny other router or switch that supports IKEv2 with Ed25519 keys, Babel and SRv6 should interoperate as well. Common mesh VPN and SD-WAN tools (Tailscale, NetBird, ZeroTier, Nebula, etc. ) admit only nodes that run their own agent, and ranet3 runs beside them on the same host.

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